فَأْلٌ
Root: فأل
Full Definition
فَأْلٌ
, and فَالٌ without ء is allowable, A good omen; contr. of
طِيَرَةٌ: it is when a man is sick, and he hears another say يَا سَالِمُ [O safe]; or seeking, and hears another say يَا وَاجِدُ [O finder]: or it is when one hears a good saying, and augurs good by it: [therefore] it is said in a trad., كَانَ
يُحِبُّ الفَأْلَ وَيَكْرَهُ الطِّيَرَةَ [He used to like the
فأل, and dislike the
طِيَرَة]: [or it signifies so, and likewise an evil omen: i. e.] it is used in relation to a good saying and to an evil saying, by some of the Arabs: it is said in a trad. [of the Prophet], يُعْجِبُنِى الفَأْلُ الصَّالِحُ [The good
فأل
pleases me]; which shows that there is a sort of فأل that is good and a sort that is not good: and [in like manner] طَائِرٌ is applied to that which is good and that which is evil: (K in art. طير:) the pl. is أَفْؤُلٌ [properly a pl. of pauc.], or فُؤُولٌ [a pl. of mult.], or both: El-Kumeyt says,
2 لَا فَأْلَ عَلَيْكَ means No harm shall befall thee; and no evil fortune; and no mischief.
[And I will not ask the birds respecting what they say, nor shall omens, or good omens, contend with me as though pulling me in different directions].وَلَا أَسْأَلُ الطَّيْرَ عَمَّا تَقُولُ وَلَا تَتَخَالَجُنِى الأَفْؤُلُ
2 لَا فَأْلَ عَلَيْكَ means No harm shall befall thee; and no evil fortune; and no mischief.
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