[1]
أَكَلَهُ , [aor.
يَأْكُلُ ,] inf. n. أَكْلٌ and مَأْكَلٌ, [He
ate it,] (S, K,) namely, food. (S.) Er-Rummánee says that أَكْلٌ properly signifies The
swallowing food after chewing it; so that the
swallowing of pebbles is not properly thus termed:
(Msb:) or, accord. to Ibn-El-Kemál, the conveying, or transmitting, to the belly what may be
chewed, whether [the thing be] chewed or not; so
that it does not apply to milk, nor to سَوِيق: and
as to the saying of the poet,
مِنَ الآكِلِينَ المَآءَ ظُلْمًا فَمَا أَرَى
يَنَالُونَ خَيْرًا بَعْدَ أَكْلِهِمُ المَآءَ
(assumed tropical:) [Of the eaters of what they purchase with the
price of water, wrongfully, I do not see any attain
good after their eating of what they have purchased with the price of the water,] he means
a people who used to sell water and purchase
with the price thereof what they would eat:
(TA:) [for you say, أَكَلَ كَذَا as meaning (assumed tropical:) He
ate the price of such a thing: see another ex. voce
إِكَافٌ; and another voce ثَدْىٌ.] ―
2-b2- The saying,
in the Kur [v. 70 {66}], لَأَكَلُوا مِنْ فَوْقِهِمْ وَمِنْ تَحْتِ
أَرْجُلِهِمْ [They should eat things above them and
things beneath their feet] means, their means of
subsistence should be made ample; (Bd, TA;)
by the pouring of the blessings of the heaven and
the earth upon them; or by the abundance of the
fruit of the trees, and the produce of the grains
sown; or by their being blessed with gardens
of ripe fruits, so that they should gather them
from the upper part of each tree, and pick up
what should have fallen upon the ground. (Bd.)
―
2-b3- اِنْقَطَعَ أَكْلُهُ [lit. His eating became cut off,
or stopped,] means (tropical:) he died; [see also أُكُلٌ;]
and so اِسْتَوْفَى أَكْلَهُ [lit. he completed his eating].
(TA.) ―
2-b4- أَكَلَ رَؤْقَهُ [lit. He ate his life,] means
(tropical:) he became extremely aged, and his teeth fell out,
one after another. (TA.) ―
2-b5- هُوَ يَأْكُلُ النَّاسَ,
and يَأْكُلُ لُحُومَ النَّاسِ [He eats men, and eats
the flesh of men,] means (tropical:) he defames men; or
does so in their absence: (TA:) and the action
thus signified may be [with words, or by making
signs] with the side of the mouth, and with the
eye, and with the head. (TA in art. همز.) It is
said in the Kur [xlix. 12], أَيُحِبُّ أَحَدُكُمْ أَنْ
يَأْكُلَ لَحْمَ أَخِيهِ مَيْتًا [lit. Would any one of you
like to eat the flesh of his brother when dead?];
defamation, or defamation of the absent, being
meant thereby. (S, * Ibn-' Arafeh, Bd, Jel.) ―
2-b6-
أَكَلَ غَنَمِى وَشَرِبَهَا (tropical:) [He ate the flesh of my sheep,
and drank the milk of them, means, like أَكَلَ
مَالِى, he ate, fed upon, devoured, or consumed,
my wealth, or property: see 2]. (TA.) ―
2-b7-
أَكَلَتِ النَّارُ الحَطَبَ (tropical:) The fire devoured, or consumed, the firewood. (S, Mgh.) ―
2-b8- أَكَلَتْ أَظْفَارَهُ
الحِجَارَةُ (tropical:) [The stones wore away his nails]. (TA.)
―
2-b9- الوَاوُ فِى مَرْئِىٍّ أَكَلَتْهَا اليَآءُ (assumed tropical:) [The و in مَرْئِىّ,
the ى has swallowed it up]; because it is originally
مَرْؤُوىٌ: a phrase occurring in the 'Eyn. (TA.)
―
2-b10- أَكَلَ عُمُرَهُ (tropical:) He consumed his life. (Mgh.) ―
2-b11-
It is said in a trad., (TA,) أُمِرْتُ بِقَرْيَةٍ تَأْكُلُ
القُرَى (tropical:) [I have been commanded to have given
unto me a town which shall devour the other
towns]; (K, TA;) said to be Yethrib [afterwards
called El-Medeeneh]; (TA;) i. e., the people
of which shall conquer the [other] towns and
make spoil of their possessions: or it denotes the
superior excellence of that town; and is like the
saying, هٰذَا حَدِيثٌ يَأْكُلُ الأَحَادِيثَ [This is a
tradition which does away with, or overrules, the
other traditions]. (Sgh. K, TA.) ―
2-b12- أَكْلُ السِّكِّينِ
اللَّحْمَ means (tropical:) The knife's cutting the flesh. (TA.)
―
2-b13- أَكَلَنِى رَأْسِى, inf. n. إِكْلَةٌ and أُكَالٌ and أَكَالٌ,
(tropical:) My head itched. (K, TA.) An Arab was
heard to say, [as is often said in the present day,]
جِلْدِى يَأْكُلُنِى (tropical:) My skin itches. (TA.) =
1-A2- أَكِلَ,
aor.
يَأْكَلُ , (K,) inf. n. أَكَلٌ, (TA,) (tropical:) It (a limb, or
member, [and a sore,] and a piece of stick, or
wood,) became corroded or cankered, or decayed,
by the mutual eating away of its several parts;
as also ↓ ائتكل [written with the disjunctive alif
اِيتَكَلَ], and ↓ تأكّل. (K, TA.) ―
2-b2- أَكِلَتِ الأَسْنَانُ,
(S, Msb, K,) aor. and inf. n. as in the next preceding sentence, (Msb,) (tropical:) The teeth rubbed together
and wasted away; by reason of age; (S;) or fell
out, one after another: (Msb:) or broke in
pieces, or became much broken: (K:) and
↓ تأكّلت signifies the same; (S, Msb;) and so
↓ ائتكلت. (S.) ―
2-b3- أَكِلَتِ النَّاقَةُ, aor.
يَأْكَلُ , inf. n.
أَكَالٌ, (assumed tropical:) The she-camel experienced an itching
and annoyance in her belly, (S, O, K,) from the
growth of the hair, (S, O,) or from the growth
of the fur, (K,) of her fœtus. (S, O, K.)