عول
Not in Hans Wehr
This word isn't in Hans Wehr — but it's in Lane's Lexicon
عول doesn't appear in Hans Wehr's Modern Standard Arabic dictionary, but Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon has 4 entries for it, distinguished by diacritics. Select one below for the full classical Arabic definition.
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عَالَ Form 1
1 عَالَ عِيَالَهُ ذ , (S, Mgh, O, Msb, * K, TA,) aor. يَعُولُ, (S, O, Msb,) inf. n. عَوْلٌ (S, O, Msb, K) and عِيَالَةٌ (S, O, K) and عُوُولٌ; (K;) He fed, nourished, or sustained, his family, or household, (S, Mgh, O, M…
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عَوْلٌ
عَوْلٌ ذ : see عَوِيلٌ. -b2- عَوْلَ is a word like وَيْبَ: one says, عَوْلَكَ and عَوْلَ زَيْدٍ [i. e. May God decree thy woe and the woe of Zeyd, virtually meaning woe to thee and woe to Zeyd]: (S, O, K:) and عَوْلٌ لِز…
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عَوَلٌ
عَوَلٌ ذ : see the next paragraph.…
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عِوَلٌ
عِوَلٌ ذ is [said to be] a subst. signifying Reliance, and confidence: (S, * K, TA:) and [it is said that] هُوَ عِوَلِى signifies He is my stay, or support: the word, however, occurs in this form, twice, in a verse of Ta…
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