عــدل
1 عَـ
ـدَلَ, (
S,
O,
Msb,
K,)
aor. ـِ (
Msb,
K,)
inf. n. عَـ
ـدْلٌ (
S, *
O, *
Msb,
K, *
TA) and مَعْـ
ـدِلَــةٌ (
S, *
O, *
Msb,
K *) and مَعْـ
ـدَلَــةٌ (
S, *
Msb,
K *) and عَدَالَةٌ and عُدُولَةٌ, (
K, *
TK,) He acted equitably, justly, or rightly. (
S,
O,
Msb,
K.) So in the phrase عَـ
ـدَلَ فِى أَمْرِهِ, [He acted equitably, &c., in his affair,]
inf. n. عَـ
ـدْلٌ. (
Msb.) And so in the phrase عَـ
ـدَلَ عَلَيْهِ فِى القَضِيَّةِ [He acted equitably, &c., towards him in the judgment]: (
S, O:) and عَـ
ـدَلَ عَلَى القَوْمِ, [he acted equitably, &c., towards the people, or party,]
inf. n. عَـ
ـدْلٌ and مَعْـ
ـدِلَــةٌ and مَعْـ
ـدَلَــةٌ. (
Msb.) لَنْ تَسْتَطِيعُوا أَنْ تَعْـ
ـدِلُــوا بَيْنَ النِّسَآءِ, [Ye will not be able to act with perfect equity between women], in the
Kur [iv. 128], is said to mean, in respect of love, and of جِمَاع. (
TA.) [See also عَـ
ـدْلٌ below.]
b2: وَإِنْ تَعْـ
ـدِلْ كُلَّ عَـ
ـدْلٍ, in the
Kur [vi. 69], means and if it would ransom with every [degree of] ransoming: (
T,
S,
O,
Msb,
TA:)
AO used to say, and if it would act equitably with every [degree of] equitable acting; but
Az says that this is a blunder. (
TA.) [See, again, عَـ
ـدْلٌ below.]
b3: [عَـ
ـدَلَ signifies also He declined, deviated, or turned aside or away; and particularly from the right course: thus having a meaning nearly agreeing with that assigned to عَـ
ـدِلَ in the last sentence of this paragraph.] بَلْ هُمْ قَوْمٌ يَعْـ
ـدِلُــونَ, in the
Kur [xxvii. 61], means [Nay but they are a people] who decline, or deviate, from the truth, and from the right course; i. e., who disbelieve. (
O.) And one says, عَـ
ـدَلَ عَنْهُ,
aor. ـِ
inf. n. عَـ
ـدْلٌ and [more com-monly] عُدُولٌ, He declined, deviated, or turned aside or away, from him, or it. (
K.) And عَـ
ـدَلَ عَنِ الطَّرِيقِ, (
S,
O,
Msb,)
inf. n. عُدُولٌ, (
Msb,) He declined, &c., from the road, or way; (
S,
O,
Msb;) as also عَنْهُ ↓ انعـ
ـدل. (
S,
O,
K. *) and عَـ
ـدَلَ الطَّرِيقُ The road declined, or deflected. (
K.) And عَـ
ـدَلَ الفَحْلُ (
S,
O,
K) عَنِ الإِبِلِ (
S, O) The stallion left, left off, or desisted from, covering the she-camels; (
S,
O,
K; *) and so عَنِ الضِّرَابِ ↓ انعـ
ـدل. (
TA.) [عَـ
ـدَلَ الفَحْلَ see in what follows.] and عَـ
ـدَلَ إِلَيْهِ,
inf. n. عُدُولٌ, He returned to him, or it. (
K.)
A2: عَـ
ـدَلَــهُ: see 2, in two places.
b2: عَـ
ـدَلَ فُلَانًا بِفُلَانٍ He made such a one to be equal, or like, to such a one; (
K;) [and] so به ↓ عا
دلــهُ: (
S:) or,
accord. to some, العَـ
ـدْلُ signifies the rating a thing as equal to a thing of another kind so as to make it like the latter. (
TA.) One says, عَـ
ـدَلْــتُ هٰذَا بِهٰذَا I made this to be like and to stand in the stead of, this. (
Msb.) And عَـ
ـدَلَ بِرَبِّهِ, (El-Ahmar,
TA,)
aor. ـِ (
S,
O,
TA,)
inf. n. عَـ
ـدْلٌ and عُدُولٌ, [غَيْرَهُ being understood,] He made another to be equal with his Lord, and worshipped him. (El-Ahmar,
TA.) بِرَبِّهِمْ يَعْـ
ـدِلُــونَ, in the
Kur [vi. 151, and
accord. to some in vi. 1], means Attributing a copartner, or copartners, to their Lord. (O. [And the like is said in the
S and
Msb and
TA.])
b3: عَـ
ـدَلْــتُ أَمْتِعَةَ البَيْتِ I made the goods, or furniture, of the house, or tent, into equal loads, [so as to counterbalance one another,] on the day of departure, or removal. (
TA.) And بَيْنَ الشَّيْئَيْنِ ↓ عَا
دَلَ (
S,
O,
TA) He made an equiponderance to subsist between the two things. (
TA.)
b4: فُلَانٌ يَعْـ
ـدِلُ فُلَانًا Such a one is equal to such a one. (
TA.) And يَعْـ
ـدِلُــهُ He, or it, is like him, or it. (
Fr,
S, O.) [Hence] one says, مَا يَعْـ
ـدِلُــكَ عِنْدَنَا شَىْءٌ Nothing stands with us in thy stead. (
TA.) And عَـ
ـدَلَــهُ,
aor. ـِ (
K,)
inf. n. عَـ
ـدْلٌ, (
TA,) It was, or became, equiponderant to it; as also ↓ عا
دلــهُ, (
K,)
inf. n. مُعَا
دَلَــةٌ. (
TA.) And [hence] عَـ
ـدَلَــهُ فِى المَحْمِلِ, (
K,) and ↓ عا
دلــهُ, (
TA,) He rode with him in the [vehicle called] محمل [so as to counterbalance him]. (
K,
TA.)
b5: And عَـ
ـدَلَ,
aor. ـِ
inf. n. عَـ
ـدْلٌ, signifies also He turned a thing from its course, direction, or manner of being. (
TA.) You say, عَـ
ـدَلْــتُ فُلَانًا عَنْ طَرِيقِهِ I turned such a one from his road, or way. (
TA.) And لَا تُعْـ
ـدَلُ سَارِحَتُكُمْ Your pasturing cattle shall not be turned away, nor prevented, from pasturing. (
TA, from a
trad.) And عَـ
ـدَلَ الفَحْلَ (
K,
TA) عَنِ الضِّرَابِ (
TA) He removed the stallion, or made him to withdraw [or desist], from covering. (
K,
TA.) And عَـ
ـدَلْــتُ الدَّابَّةَ إِلَى مَوْضِعِ كَذَا I turned the beast to such a place. (
TA.) [See also two meanings assigned to this verb in the next paragraph, third sentence.]
A3: عَـ
ـدُلَ, [
aor. ـُ
inf. n. عَدَالَةٌ (
S,
O,
Msb) and عُدُولَةٌ, (
Msb,) He (a man,
S,
O, i. e. a witness,
Msb) was, or became, such as is termed عَـ
ـدْل [
q. v.]. (
S,
O,
Msb.)
A4: عَـ
ـدِلَ,
aor. ـَ
inf. n. عَـ
ـدَلٌ, He acted wrongfully, unjustly, injuriously, or tyrannically. (
Msb.) 2 عـ
ـدّلــهُ,
inf. n. تَعْدِيلٌ,
i. q. أَقَامَهُ, (
K,) meaning He made it to be conformable with that which is right; (
TK;) namely, a judgment, or judicial decision. (
K,
TK.)
b2: He made it straight, or even; namely, a thing; as, for instance, an arrow; (
TA;) right, or in a right condition; direct, or rightly directed; (
S,
O,
Msb,
K,
TA;) and so ↓ عَـ
ـدَلَــهُ. (
O,
K.) Hence, فَعَـ
ـدَّلَــكَ and ↓ فَعَـ
ـدَلَــكَ,
accord. to different readers, in the
Kur [lxxxii. 7, which I would rather render And hath made thee symmetrical]: (
O:) or the latter means and hath turned thee from unbelief to belief; (
IAar,
O,
TA;) or,
accord. to
Fr, and hath turned thee to whatever form He pleased, beautiful or ugly, tall or short: but
Az says that the former reading was the more pleasing to
Fr, and is the better. (
TA.)
b3: He made it equal; (
Mgh,
Msb,
K,
TA;) namely, a pair of scales, or a weight, (
K,
TA,) and a measure, &c. (
TA.) Hence, قِسْمَةُ التَّعْدِيلِ i. e. The division of a thing [in an equal manner] with regard to the value and utility, not with regard to the quantity, so that the smaller portion may be equal to the larger portion in value and utility. (
Msb.) Yousay, عَـ
ـدَّلَ القَسَّامُ الأَنْصِبَآءَ لِلْقَسْمِ بَيْنَ الشُّرَكَآءِ i. e. [The divider of inheritances] made equal the shares [for distribution among the participators]. (
TA.)
b4: عـ
ـدّل الشِّعْرَ He made the poetry, or verse, to be right in measure. (
TA.)
b5: تَعْدِيلُ
أَرْكَانِ الصَّلَاةِ means The making the limbs, or members, to be still, in the bowing of the head and body, and in the prostration, and in the standing between these two acts, and in the sitting between the two prostrations. (
Mgh.)
b6: عـ
ـدّلــهُ signifies also He attributed to him (i. e. a witness,
Msb) what is termed عَدَالَة [
inf. n. of عَـ
ـدُلَ]; (
O,
Msb;) described him as possessing that quality; (
Msb;) pronounced him to be veracious, and good, or righteous; (
K;) pronounced him to be such as is termed عَـ
ـدْل [
q. v.]: (
TA:) تَعْدِيلُ الشُّهُودِ is the pronouncing the witnesses to be عُدُول [
pl. of عَـ
ـدْلٌ]. (
S.)
b7: عـ
ـدّل أَمْرَهُ: and عَـ
ـدَّلْــتُ بَيْنَهُمَا: see 3.
b8: شَرِبَ حَتَّى عَـ
ـدَّلَ He drank until he became full: (Aboo-'Adnán,
O,
TA:) or until his belly became like the [load called] عِـ
ـدْل. (
K.) 3 عَاْـ
ـدَلَ see 1, in four places. One says, يُعَا
دِلُ فِى
الوَزْنِ [It is equal in weight; is equiponderant]. (
IF,
Msb.) And يُعَا
دِلُــكَ فِى الوَزْنِ وَالقَدْرِ [He is equal to thee in weight and in size: as one who rides with thee in a مَحْمِل]. (
S.) يُعَا
دِلُــهُ فِى
القِيمَةِ وَالمَنْفَعَةِ [It is equal to it in value and utility]. (
Msb.)
b2: And عَا
دَلَــهُمَا عَلَى نَاضِحٍ He bound them two upon the two sides of a camel [or of a camel used for carrying water for irrigation, so that they counterbalanced each other] like the [two loads called] عِـ
ـدْلَــانِ. (
TA.)
b3: And فُلَانٌ يُعَا
دِلُ أَمْرَهُ, and يُقَسِّمُهُ, (
O, and so
accord. to a copy of the
S,) or عَدَالٌ, (so in another copy of the
S,)
inf. n. يُعَا
دِلُ هٰذَا الأَمْرَ, Such a one wavers, or vacillates, [in his case] between two affairs, hesitating which of them he shall do. (
S, O.) And عا
دل أَمْرَهُ تَعْدِيلٌ He is in a state of entanglement in this affair, and does not execute it: (
K:) he is in doubt respecting it. (
TA.) And عا
دل أَمْرَهُ He paused [in his case], hesitating between two affairs, which he should do; as also ↓ عـ
ـدّلــهُ
inf. n. تَعْدِيلٌ: and hence, in the
trad. of the مِعْرَاج [or ladder by which Mohammad is related to have ascended from Jerusalem to Heaven], ↓ فَعَـ
ـدَّلْــتُ بَيْنَهُمَا [And I paused in hesitation between them two]; meaning that they were equal in his estimation, and he could not make choice of either of them. (
TA.) And عَا
دَلْــتُ بَيْنَ أَمْرَيْنِ أَيَّهُمَا
آتِى I wavered, or vacillated, between two affairs, hesitating which of them I should do. (
TA.) المُعَا
دَلَــةُ is The doubting respecting two affairs: and one says, أَنَا فِى عِدَالٍ مِنْ هٰذَا الأَمْرِ I am in doubt respecting this affair, whether I should do it or leave it undone: (
TA:) or العِدَالُ is the considering deliberately respecting the case of two affairs that have occurred to one, when one knows not to which of them he should betake himself. (
IAar,
K.) And The case of one person's saying
“ There is in it something remaining ” and another's saying “ There is not in it anything remaining. ” (
S, O.) And one says, when he wavers, or vacillates, between two affairs, hesitating which of them he shall do, and then a right opinion occurs to him, and he determines upon that which is the more fit in his estimation, قَطَعْتُ العِدَالَ فِى أَمْرِى وَمَضَيْتُ عَلَى عَزْمِى [I cut short wavering in my affair, and executed my determination]. (
TA.)
b4: And عا
دل signifies also It became crooked, or bent. (
K.) 5 تعـ
ـدّل It became, or was rendered, straight, or even;
syn. تَقَوَّمَ. (
Msb in art. قوم.)
b2: and تَعَـ
ـدَّلَــتْ قِيمَةُ المَتَاعِ بِكَذَا The value of the commodity was equal to such a thing;
syn. قَامَ المَتَاعُ بِكَذَا. (
Msb in art. قوم.) 6 تَعَا
دُلٌ The being, or becoming, equal. (
Msb.) You say, تَعَا
دَلَــا [They two became equal]. (
M and
K voce تَبَاوَآ,
q. v., in art. بوأ.)
b2: [Also The being, or becoming, intermediate in quality.]
7 إِنْعَـ
ـدَلَ see 1, former half, in two places.
8 اعتـ
ـدل It was, or became, right, or in a right condition; direct, or rightly directed; straight, or even; (
S,
O,
Msb,
TA;) equal; (as a pair of scales, or a weight, and a measure, &c.;
TA;) equable, or uniform; (
Msb,
TA;) [symmetrical, proportionate,] suitable in itself [or in its parts]. (
K.) The saying, cited by
Sh, وَاعْتَـ
ـدَلَــتْ ذَاتُ السَّنَامِ الأَمْيَلِ means And she that had an inclining hump became straight [and erect] in her hump by reason of fatness. (
TA.) And one says جَارِيَةٌ حَسَنَةُ الاِعْتِدَالِ A girl, or young woman, goodly in respect of stature [or proportion]. (
A,
TA.) And اعتـ
ـدل الشِّعْرُ The poetry, or verse, was, or became, measured, and right in its feet. (
TA.)
b2: Also It was, or became, of a middling sort, in quantity, or quality; (
K,
TA;) as a body between tallness and shortness, and water between the hot and the cold; and [moderate, or temperate,] as a day of which the air is pleasant. (
TA.) عَـ
ـدْلٌ Equity, justice, or rectitude;
contr. of جَوْرٌ; (
S,
O,
Msb,
K,
TA;) i. e.
i. q. قَصْدٌ, in affairs; (
Msb;) and قِسْطٌ; (
S,
M,
Mgh, &c., in art. قسط;) and سَوِيَّةٌ; (
O,
K;) and اِسْتِقَامَةٌ; (
IAar,
K;) and a thing that is established in the minds as being right; (
K,
TA;) as also ↓ مَعْـ
ـدِلَــةٌ (
S,
O,
Msb,
K) and ↓ مَعْـ
ـدَلَــةٌ (
S,
Msb,
K) and ↓ عَدَالَةٌ and ↓ عُدُولَةٌ: (
K:) or, as some say, it is the mean between excess and falling short: and
Er-Rághib says, it is of two sorts: one is absolute, such that reason requires the inference of its goodness; and this will not at any time be abrogated, nor described as a mode of transgression; as the doing good to him who does good to thee, and the abstaining from harming him who abstains from harming thee: and the other is such as is known to be عَـ
ـدْل by the law; and this may be abrogated sometimes; as retaliation, and fines for wounds and maimings, and the taking the property of the apostate; and this is what is meant by the saying in the
Kur [xvi. 92], إِنَّ اللّٰهَ يَأْمُرُ بِالْعَـ
ـدْلِ وَالْإِحْسَانِ i. e. [Verily God commandeth] equality in recompensing, if good, with good, and if evil, with evil, and the requiting of good with more good, and of evil with less evil: [see also 4 in art. حسن:] and he says of ↓ عَدَالَةٌ and ↓ مَعْـ
ـدِلَــةٌ, that each is a term requiring the inference of equality, and is used with a regard to correlation. (
TA.) One says, بَسَطَ الوَالِى عَـ
ـدْلَــهُ and ↓ مَعْـ
ـدِلَــتَهُ (
S, O) and ↓ مَعْـ
ـدَلَــتَهُ (
S) [The governor, or ruler, largely extended his equity, or justice]. And ↓ فُلَانٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ المَعْـ
ـدَلَــةِ, (
S,) or ↓ المَعْـ
ـدِلَــةِ, (
O,) i. e. من اهل العَـ
ـدْلِ [Such a one is of the people of equity, &c.]. (
S, O.) وَأَشْهِدُوا ذَوَىْ عَـ
ـدْلٍ مِنْكُمْ, in the
Kur [lxv. 2], is said by Sa'eed Ibn-El-Museiyib to mean ذَوَىْ عَقْلٍ [i. e. And make ye to be witnesses two persons of intelligence from among you: but this rendering I think questionable]. (
TA.)
b2: Also Repayment, requital, compensation, or recompense. (
K.)
b3: And Ransom, (
S,
O,
Msb,
K,
TA,) when regard is had therein to the meaning of equality, or equivalence. (
TA.) This is [said to be] the meaning in the phrase of the
Kur [
v. 96], أَوْ عَـ
ـدْلُ ذٰلِكَ صِيَامًا [Or the ransom thereof by fasting: but this is generally
expl. as meaning or the like thereof of fasting; (see عِـ
ـدْلٌ;) i. e., in lieu of feeding a number of poor men, one shall fast the like number of days]. (
S, O.) And so [
accord. to some] in the saying, occurring in a
trad., لَا يُقْبَلُ مِنْهُ صَرْفٌ وَلَا عَـ
ـدْلٌ [of which see various explanations (including three renderings here following) in art. صرف]. (
O,
Msb.)
b4: And Measure;
syn. كَيْلٌ. (
K.) So in the phrase أَعْطَاهُ بِالعَـ
ـدْلِ [He gave him by measure]. (
TK.)
b5: And An obligatory act or divine ordinance. (En-Nadr,
O,
K.)
b6: And A supererogatory
act. (
O,
K.)
A2: Also One who acts equitably, justly, or rightly; and so ↓ عَا
دِلٌ: (
K,
TA:) or the latter signifies thus: (
S, O:) and the former [particularly] signifies a man approved and satisfactory in testimony; originally an
inf. n.; (
S,
O,
TA;) whose testimony is approved and available; (
Msb;) a man whose testimony is allowable, or legally admissible, as also ↓ عَا
دِلٌ; a man whose saying, and whose judgment, or judicial decision, are approved; and,
accord. to Ibráheem, one from whom a thing occasioning doubt, or suspicion, or evil opinion, has not appeared: being originally an
inf. n., it means ذُو عَـ
ـدْلٍ: or,
accord. to
IJ, it is an intensive
epithet, as though meaning possessing every kind of عَـ
ـدْل: (
TA:) one says رَجُلٌ عَـ
ـدْلٌ, (
S,
O,
Msb, *
K,) and اِمْرَأَةٌ عَـ
ـدْلٌ and عَـ
ـدْلَــةٌ, (
Msb,
K,) the latter mentioned by
IJ, (
TA,) and رَجُلَانِ عَـ
ـدْلٌ and عَـ
ـدْلَــانِ, (
Msb, *
TA,) and قَوْمٌ عَـ
ـدْلٌ (
S,
O,
Msb, *
K) and نِسْوَةٌ عَـ
ـدْلٌ (
TA) and قَوْمٌ عُدُولٌ, (
S,
O,
Msb, *
K,) عُدُولٌ being
pl. of عَـ
ـدْلٌ, (
S,
O,
Msb,) or of عَا
دِلٌ, (
K,) and عَـ
ـدْلٌ used in a
pl. sense being a
quasi-pl. n. of عَا
دِلٌ, (
M,
K,) like تَجْرٌ [of تَاجِرٌ] and شَرْبٌ [of شَارِبٌ]; (
M,
TA;) or رِجَالٌ عَـ
ـدْلٌ and نِسْوَةٌ عَـ
ـدْلٌ mean رِجَالٌ ذَوُو عَـ
ـدْلٍ and نِسْوَانٌ ذَوَاتُ عَـ
ـدْلٍ. (
TA.)
b2: العَـ
ـدْلُ as one of the names of God means He whom desire does not cause to incline, or decline, so that he should deviate from the right course in judgment. (
TA.)
b3: And one says, هٰذَا عَـ
ـدْلٌ بَيْنَهُمَا, meaning This is intermediate in quality between them two, not in the utmost degree of goodness nor in the extreme degree of badness. (
Mgh.) And مَكَانٌ عَـ
ـدْلٌ بَيْنَ فَرِيقَيْنِ [A place equidistant, or midway, between two parties]. (
S in art. سوى.)
b4: See also عِـ
ـدْلٌ, throughout the greater part of the paragraph.
A3: عَـ
ـدْلٌ is also the name of a certain chief of the [body of armed men called] شُرَط, (
S,
O,) or شُرْطَة, (
K,) of a تُبَّع [or King of El-Yemen], who, when he desired the slaughter of a man, delivered him to this person; (
S,
O,
K;) whereupon the people said, وُضِعَ عَلَى
يَدَىْ عَـ
ـدْلٍ [He has been consigned to the hands of 'Adl]; (
S, O;) and this was afterwards said of anything of which one despaired. (
S,
O,
K.) [
Meyd mentions عَلَى يَدَىْ عَـ
ـدْلٍ, as a
prov., without وُضِعَ: see Freytag's Arab.
Prov. ii. 80.]
عِـ
ـدْلٌ The like (
IAar,
Zj,
O,
K) of a thing; (
IAar, O;) as also ↓ عَـ
ـدْلٌ;
syn. مِثْلٌ; (
IAar,
Zj,
O,
K;) and نَظِيرٌ [which signifies the same, or the equal]; and so ↓ عَدِيلٌ: (
K:) or,
accord. to
Er-Rághib, ↓ عَـ
ـدْلٌ and عِـ
ـدْلٌ are nearly the same; but the former is used in relation to what is perceived mentally, as in the phrase of the
Kur [
v. 96], أَوْ عَـ
ـدْلُ ذٰلِكَ صِيَامًا [mentioned
voce عَـ
ـدْلٌ]; and عِـ
ـدْلٌ and ↓ عَدِيلٌ, in relation to what is perceived by the sense, as things weighed and things numbered and things measured: Ibn-'Ámir, however, read او عِـ
ـدْلُ ذلك; and
Ks and the people of El-Medeeneh, with fet-h [i. e. عَـ
ـدْلُ]: (
TA:) or عِـ
ـدْلُ الشَّىْءِ, with kesr, signifies the like of the thing in kind, (
Mgh,
Msb,) or in quantity, or measure, or the like, (
Msb,) or also in quantity, or measure, or the like, (
Mgh,) and
IF says, in weight; (
Msb;) and ↓ عَـ
ـدْلُــهُ, with fet-h, (
Mgh,
Msb,) its like, (
Mgh,) or what will stand in its stead, (
Msb,) of a thing different in kind, (
Mgh,
Msb;) whence the phrase of the
Kur أَوْ عَـ
ـدْلُ ذٰلِكَ صِيَامًا [mentioned above]; عَـ
ـدْل being originally an
inf. n.: (
Msb:)
Akh says, العِـ
ـدْلُ, with kesr, signifies المِثْلُ; and ↓ العَـ
ـدْلُ, with fet-h, is originally an
inf. n., but is made a
subst. to denote المِثْلُ in order to distinguish it from the عِـ
ـدْل of goods or commodities [which will be
expl. in what follows]:
Fr says, العِـ
ـدْلُ, with kesr, is the like (المِثْلُ), as in the saying عِنْدِى عِـ
ـدْلُ غُلَامِكَ [I have the like of thy boy or young man] and عِـ
ـدْلُ شَاتِكَ [the like of thy sheep or goat]; but you say ↓ العَـ
ـدْلُ, with nasb [i. e. fet-h] to the ع, when you mean the [equal in] value, of what is different in kind; though sometimes it is pronounced with kesr by some of the Arabs,
app. by an error on their part: (
S, O:) or some allow one's saying عِنْدِى عِـ
ـدْلُ غُلَامِكَ as meaning I have the like of thy boy or young man, [and
app. ↓ عَـ
ـدْلُــهُ also,] and عَـ
ـدْلُــهُ with fet-h only as meaning his value: (
TA:) but
Zj says that العَـ
ـدْلُ and العِـ
ـدْلُ both signify the like, whether it be of the same kind or of a different kind; and if one make a mistake, he should not say that some of the Arabs have erred: (
O:) the
pl. (
S,
O,
K) of عِـ
ـدْلٌ, by common consent, (
S,
O,) is أَعْدَالٌ, (
S,
O,
K,) and [that of ↓ عَدِيلٌ is] عُـ
ـدَلَــآءُ. (
K.)
b2: Also The half of a load, (
K,
TA,) such as is on either of the two sides of the camel; (
TA;) or a burden [borne on one side of a beast, counterbalancing another on the other side, or] made equiponderant to another burden: (
Az,
TA:)
pl. [of pauc.] أَعْدَالٌ and [of mult.] عُدُولٌ: (
Sb,
K:) and ↓ عَدِيلٌ signifies the equal of a person in weight and measure or size or the like (
S,
K, *
TA) in the [vehicle called] مَحْمِل: (
TA:)
Sb says that it signifies a human being that is the equal of another [in weight]; distinguishing it from عِـ
ـدْلٌ, which, he says, is applied only to goods, or commodities: (
IB,
TA:) [but] ↓ عَدِيلَتَانِ signifies two sacks (غِرَارَتَانِ); because each counter balances, or is equiponderant to, the other. (
TA.) Hence one says of the عُدُول of an evil judicial decision, مَا هُمْ عُدُولٌ وَلٰكِنْ عُدُولٌ [meaning They are not witnesses whose testimony is approvable, but equalized loads of merchandise]. (
TA.) And [hence also] one says, وَقَعَ المُصْطَرِعَانِ عِـ
ـدْلَــىْ بَعِيرٍ, meaning The two [men wrestling] fell together, neither of them having thrown down the other. (
TA. [See also عِكْمٌ.]) عَـ
ـدَلٌ The equalizing of the [two burdens, or half-loads, called] عِـ
ـدْلَــانِ. (
IAar,
O,
K.) عَـ
ـدَلَــةٌ: see what next follows, in two places.
عُـ
ـدَلَــةٌ Men who pronounce witnesses to be veracious, and good, or righteous; (
Az,
IAar,
O,
K, *
TA;) as also ↓ عَـ
ـدَلَــةٌ; (
K;) and the former is also applied to a man who does so: (
Az,
O,
TA: *) or the former is applied to a single per-son, and ↓ عَـ
ـدَلَــةٌ is applied to a
pl. number. (
AA,
K,
TA.) عَدِيلٌ: see عِـ
ـدْلٌ, in four places.
عَدَالَةٌ: see عَـ
ـدْلٌ, in two places. It is an
inf. n. of عَـ
ـدُلَ (
S,
O,
Msb) said of a witness; like ↓ عُدُولَةٌ: and signifies The quality of a witness such as is termed عَـ
ـدْلٌ [
q. v.]: it is
expl. as being a quality the regard of which necessitates the guarding against what falls short of the requirements of manly virtue or moral goodness, habitually and evidently; which evident falling short thereof is not effected by small instances of lapses or falls into wrongdoing, and by perversion of speech, because mistake and forgetfulness are supposable [as the causes thereof], and interpretation not according to the obvious meaning; but it is when such is the known and repeated practice of the person: regard is to be had to the goodness, or honesty, of every individual, and his usual practice in respect of his apparel, and his dealing in selling and buying, and the conveyance of goods, and other things; and when he does that which is not suitable to him, without necessity, his testimony is impugned; otherwise it is not. (
Msb.) عُدُولَةٌ: see عَـ
ـدْلٌ, first sentence: and عَدَالَةٌ.
عَدِيلَتَانِ: see عِـ
ـدْلٌ, last quarter.
عَدَوْلَى An old, tall tree: (
K:) or ↓ شَجَرٌ عَدَوْلِىٌّ signifies old trees; one of which is termed عَدَوْلِيَّةٌ: or,
accord. to
AHn, ↓ عَدَوْلِىٌّ signifies anything old. (
TA.)
A2: See also the next following paragraph.
عَدَوْلِىٌّ: see the next preceding paragraph, in two places.
A2: Also, thus correctly, as in the
S, (
TA, [and thus,
app.,
accord. to the
K, though this is thought by
SM, and not altogether without reason, to require by its context the reading of ↓ عَدَوْلَى, as does,
app., the
O,]) A seaman, or mariner. (
S,
O,
K,
TA.)
b2: And
pl. [
app. a mistake for
n. un.] of عَدَوْلِيَّةٌ, (
K,) which latter means Certain ships or boats, (
O,
K,
TA,) or a [sort of] ship or boat, (
S,) or it is an
epithet applied to certain ships or boats, (
EM p. 58,) so called as being of عَدَوْلَى, (
S,
O, *
K,
TA,) meaning a city of El-Bahreyn, (
S,
O, *
TA,) not meaning, as would be imagined from the context in the
K, the tree [said to be] thus called; (
TA;) mentioned in the poetry of Tarafeh, (
S,
O,
TA,) in the fourth verse of his Mo'allakah, (
O,
TA,) and thus
expl. by
As: (
TA:) or meaning old; or large: (
O,
TA:) or so called as being of a place named عَدَوْلَاة, of the measure فَعَوْلَاة: (
TA:) or of عَدَوْل, a man who used to construct ships or boats: or of a people who used to alight and abide in Hejer. (
O,
K.) عَا
دِلٌ: see عَـ
ـدْلٌ, latter half, in two places.
b2: Also An attributer of a copartner, or of copartners, to God. (
S,
TA.) A woman is related to have said to El-Hajjáj, يَا قَاسِطُ يَا عَا
دِلُ; [by which she meant O deviater from the right course; O attributer of a copartner, or of copartners, to God;] (
S, * O;) whereupon, the people thinking that she was commending him, he said that by her saying يا قاسط, she referred to the words of the
Kur [lxxii. 15] أَمَّا الْقَاسِطُونَ فَكَانُوا لِجَهَنَّمَ حَطَبًا [
expl. voce قَاسِطٌ; and by her saying يا عا
دل, to the words in the same [vi. 151] وَهُمْ بِرَبِّهِمْ يَعْـ
ـدِلُــونَ [
expl. above, see 1]. (
O.) مَعْـ
ـدِلٌ A place of turning away or back; as also ↓ مَعْدُولٌ: so in the saying, مَا لَهُ مَعْـ
ـدِلٌ and ↓ مَعْدُولٌ [There is for him no place of turning away or back]: (
K:)
pl. مَعَا
دِلُ: Aboo-Khirásh says, تَضِيقُ عَلَىَّ الأَرْضُ ذَاتُ المَعَا
دِلِ meaning [The earth having those ways in which one may turn in various directions becomes strait to me; or] having such amplitude that by reason thereof one may turn in it to the right and left. (
TA.)
b2: And A way, course, mode, or manner, of acting or conduct or the like: thus in the saying أَخَذَ فِى مَعْـ
ـدِلِ الحَقِّ [He took to the right way of acting], and مَعْـ
ـدِلِ البَاطِلِ [the false, or wrong, way of acting]: and in like manner one says, اُنْظُرُوا إِلَى سُوْءِ مَعَا
دِلِــهِ Look ye at his evil ways of acting: and هُوَ سَدِيدُ المَعَا
دِلِ [He is one who takes a right direction in respect of the ways of acting]. (
TA.) مَعْـ
ـدَلَــةٌ: see عَـ
ـدْلٌ, former half, in seven places.
مُعَـ
ـدَّلٌ Anything straightened, or made even: (
S,
O,
K:) [&c.: see its verb.]
b2: الكُرُّ المُعَـ
ـدَّلُ see in art. كر.
مُعَـ
ـدَّلَــاتٌ The angles, or corners, of a house or chamber. (
IAar,
O,
K.) مَعْدُولٌ: see مَعْـ
ـدِلٌ, in two places.
مُعْتَـ
ـدِل [Right, or having a right direction; straight, or even; equal; equable, or uniform; symmetrical, proportionate; suitable in itself or in its parts: see its verb]. مُعْتَـ
ـدِلَــةٌ applied to a she-camel means Whose limbs, or members, are rendered even, one with another, (
Lth,
Az,
TA,) including her hump and other parts; as is the case when she becomes fat: erroneously said by
Sh, on the authority of Mohárib, to be مُعَنْـ
ـدَلَــة, belonging to art. عنـ
ـدل. (
Az,
TA.)
b2: And Of a middling sort, in quantity, or quality; as a body between tallness and shortness, and water between the hot and the cold; and [moderate, or temperate,] as a day of which the air is pleasant;
contr. of مُعْتَذِلٌ, with the pointed ذ. (
TA.) فَرَسٌ مُعْتَـ
ـدِلُ الفرقِ [
app. الفَرْقِ] means A horse whose غُرَّة [or blaze] occupies the middle of his forehead, not reaching to one of the eyes nor inclining upon one of the cheeks. (
AO,
TA.) أَيَّامٌ مُعْتَـ
ـدِلَــاتٌ signifies [Days moderate in temperature; or] pleasant, not hot, days. (
TA.) and المُعْتَـ
ـدِلَــاتُ is applied to Forty nights of varying, or alternating, heat and cold, commencing from the [auroral] rising of Suheyl [or Canopus, which, in Central Arabia, at the commencement of the era of the Flight, was about the 4th of August, O.
S.]: (
Az,
TA in art. صفر: see صَفَرِىٌّ:) or the days of heat known by the appel-lation of وَقَدَاتُ سُهَيْلٍ [the most vehement heats of Canopus]; as also المُعْتَذِلَاتُ [
q. v.]. (El-Hareeree's Durrat-el-Ghowwás, in De Sacy's Anthol. Gramm. Arabe, p. 37 of the Arabic text.)
