مَعْقُولٌ
Root: عقل
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مَعْقُولٌ
[pass. part. n. of عَقَلَ in all its senses as a trans. verb.
2 Hence it signifies Intellectual, as meaning perceived by the intellect; and excogitated: thus applied as an epithet to any branch of knowledge that is not necessarily مَنْقُولٌ, which means “ desumed, ” such as the science of the fundamentals of religion, and the like.
3 Hence also, Intelligible.
4 And Approved by the intellect; or reasonable.
def.2 It is also said to be an Verbal.Noun]: see 1, latter half.
2 And see عَقْلٌ, latter half, in two places.
2 Hence it signifies Intellectual, as meaning perceived by the intellect; and excogitated: thus applied as an epithet to any branch of knowledge that is not necessarily مَنْقُولٌ, which means “ desumed, ” such as the science of the fundamentals of religion, and the like.
3 Hence also, Intelligible.
4 And Approved by the intellect; or reasonable.
def.2 It is also said to be an Verbal.Noun]: see 1, latter half.
2 And see عَقْلٌ, latter half, in two places.
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