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The corpus record — Arabic

فَعَّال

fa'aal

faEaAlN * , (O, K,) accord. to Lth, (O,) is a name for A good doing, such as liberality, or bounty, (O,) and generosity, (O, K, [the only meaning assigned to it in the S,]) and the like of these: (O:) or, (O, K,) accord. to IAar, (O,) the doing of a single person, peculiarly, [as distinguished from

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  • The Quran 2 · 0.16/10k

What it meant — Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

1. فَعَالٌ

faEaAlN * , (O, K,) accord. to Lth, (O,) is a name for A good doing, such as liberality, or bounty, (O,) and generosity, (O, K, [the only meaning assigned to it in the S,]) and the like of these: (O:) or, (O, K,) accord. to IAar, (O,) the doing of a single person, peculiarly, [as distinguished from fiEaAlN , q. v.,] (O,) relating to good and to evil; (O, K;) one says, fulaAnN kariymu AlfaEaAli [ Such a one is generous in respect of doing or doings ], and fulaAnN lay^iymu AlfaEaAli [ Such a one is mean in respect of doing or doings ]; (O: [and the like is said in the T and in the Msb;]) and Az says that this is the correct explanation: not that of Lth; and Mbr [likewise] says, it is used in commendation and in discommendation: (O:) and it is used only of a single agent. (O, K.) ― -b2- It is also an inf. n. (S, O, Msb. [See 1, first sentence.])

2. فِعَالٌ

fiEaAlN * , as distinguished from faEaAlN , signifies A doing that is between two [ agents ]; (IAar, O, K, TA;) and therefore it is an inf. n. of ↓ faAEala [a verb of which I have not found any ex.]. (TA.) ― -b2- It is also a pl. of fiEolN . (S, O, Msb, K. -A2- Also The handle, (K,) or piece of wood that is inserted into the hole, (IAar, IB, O,) of the axe, or adz, or hoe: (IAar, IB, O, K:) pl. fuEulN . (K.)

In the wild

Quran text from Tanzil (tanzil.net), distributed verbatim per its license. Morphological facts derived from the Quranic Arabic Corpus (corpus.quran.com, Kais Dukes), stated as facts with source credit. Dictionary senses from Lane, An Arabic-English Lexicon (1863-93, public domain), via the Perseus Digital Library.