Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

مُغِلٌّ

Root: غل

Full Definition

مُغِلٌّ A man cleaving to rancour, malevolence, malice, or spite.
2 An unfaithful man; one who acts unfaithfully. Hence the saying of Shureyh, لَيْسَ عَلَى المُسْتَعِيرِ غَيْرِالمُغِلِّ ضَمَانٌ, وَلَاعَلَى المُسْتَوْدَعِ, i. e. [There is no guaranteeship to be imposed upon the asker of a loan, except the unfaithful, nor upon him who is asked to take charge of a deposit, meaning], except in the case of him who has been unfaithful in respect of the loan and the deposit: or, as some say, by the مُغِلّ is here meant the [i. e. the person employed to bring the غَلَّة]: but IAth says that the former is the right explanation.

def.2 مُغِلَّةٌ, applied to a garden (جَنَّة), as in a verse cited voce حَرَدَ, or to an estate (ضَيْعَة), Having, or yielding, غَلَّة [q. v.; fruitful, or productive].


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