عيلة

Arabic

Etymology

Ultimately from the root ع ي ل (ʕ-y-l). The verb عَالَ (ʕāla) may be conjugated as deriving from ع و ل (ʕ-w-l) (whence عَوْل (ʕawl) and عَوِيل (ʕawīl)) or ع ي ل (ʕ-y-l) (whence عَيْل (ʕayl), عِيَالَة (ʕiyāla), عُيُول (ʕuyūl), and مَعِيل (maʕīl)). Hence, though distinct conjugations (or "roots") typically have different significations, the "needfulness" sense has been conflated.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʕaj.la/

Noun

عَيْلَة • (ʕayla) f

  1. verbal noun of عَالَ (ʕāla, to be poor) (form I)
  2. poverty; want, need
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 9:28:
      وَإِنْ خِفْتُمْ عَيْلَةً فَسَوْفَ يُغْنِيكُمُ اللَّهُ مِن فَضْلِهِ إِن شَاءَ
      wa-ʔin ḵiftum ʕaylatan fa-sawfa yuḡnīkumu l-lahu min faḍlihi ʔin šāʔa
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic عائِلَة (ʕāʔila).

Noun

عيلة • (ʿēla) m (plural عيلات (ʿēlāt))

  1. family

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ع ي ل
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic عائِلَة (ʕāʔila).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʕeː.la/, [ˈʕe̞ː.la]

Noun

عيلَة • (ʕēla) f (plural عَوَايِل (ʕawāyil) or عيلات (ʕēlāt))

  1. family
  2. relatives
    Synonyms: أَهِل (ʔahil), أَقَارِب (ʔagārib)

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic عائِلَة (ʕāʔila).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʕeː.le/, [ˈʕeː.le]
  • IPA(key): /ʕeː.la/, [ˈʕeː.la]
  • (file)

Noun

عيلة • (ʕēle) f (plural عيل (ʕiyal))

  1. family (the nuclear family)

See also

  • أهل (ʔahl, parents; extended family)
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