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Quranic root

ميل

m · y · l

The root denotes departing from the middle or straight position toward one side.

The central image extends from physical leaning and inherent crookedness to directional or figurative inclination, deviation, partiality, reciprocal alignment, and causative attraction. Related derivatives also designate swaying movement and distance.

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Quran-attested forms
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Quran senses
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Quran occurrences

Forms in the Quran

The forms this root actually takes in the Quran. Select one to jump to its senses and examples.

مَالَ

māla

Part of speech
Verb · Form I
Form
I
Quran occurrences
3 occurrences

Selected examples are shown with the sense they illustrate — chosen to teach that sense, not the complete list of this form’s Quran occurrences.

  1. To incline or turn aside from a middle course; figuratively, to deviate or show partiality.

    The Quranic uses include deviation toward an extreme and inclination in a matter of justice or equitable treatment.

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    Selected Quran examples

    Quran 4:27word 11

    you deviate

    Quran 4:129word 10

    incline

  2. To bear down upon, oppress, or attack someone.

    Used with عَلَى; in the Quranic construction of 4:102, it describes a single assaulting movement against the addressed group.

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    Selected Quran examples

    Quran 4:102word 36

    so (that) they (can) assault

مَيْل

mayl

Part of speech
Noun
Quran occurrences
2 occurrences

Selected examples are shown with the sense they illustrate — chosen to teach that sense, not the complete list of this form’s Quran occurrences.

  1. Inclination or deviation from the middle toward one side; figuratively, partiality or bias.

    The Quran uses the noun both for a great deviation and for inclination in the context of equitable treatment.

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    Selected Quran examples

    Quran 4:27word 12

    (into) a deviation

    Quran 4:129word 12

    the inclination

مَيْلَة

maylah

Part of speech
Noun
Quran occurrences
1 occurrence

Selected examples are shown with the sense they illustrate — chosen to teach that sense, not the complete list of this form’s Quran occurrences.

  1. A single onslaught or assaulting movement.

    In فَيَمِيلُونَ عَلَيْكُمْ مَيْلَةً وَاحِدَةً, the noun specifies one concentrated attack or bearing-down action.

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    Selected Quran examples

    Quran 4:102word 38

    (in) an attack

Occurrences in the Quran

Every place this root appears, in Quran order. The first few are shown here.

  • 4:27تَمِيلُوا۟you deviate
  • 4:27مَيْلًا(into) a deviation
  • 4:102فَيَمِيلُونَso (that) they (can) assault
  • 4:102مَّيْلَةًۭ(in) an attack
  • 4:129تَمِيلُوا۟incline
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Broader Classical Arabic meanings

Recorded for this root in the Classical lexicons beyond its Quran usage. These are secondary to the Quran senses above.

Show 18 Classical meanings
  • مَالَ

    To conform with, assist, or aid someone.

    Used with مَعَهُ.

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  • مَالَ

    To love or favor someone.

    Used with إِلَيْهِ.

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  • مَالَ

    To wrong someone or become inimical toward him.

    A hostile relational use distinct from simple physical or directional inclination.

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  • مَالَ

    To limp.

    Said of an animal whose leg causes it to limp.

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  • مَيَّلَ

    To waver or vacillate between two things.

    Used in the construction مَيَّلَ بَيْنَ شَيْئَيْنِ.

    • Lane · entry 5905
  • مَايَلَ

    To incline toward one another reciprocally.

    A reciprocal Form III construction.

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  • تَمَيَّلَ

    To vacillate in one's speech.

    Used with بِالقَوْلِ.

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  • تَمَايَلَ

    To sway or bend from side to side while walking.

    Describes an affected or pronounced inclination of the body in one's gait.

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  • تَمَايَلَ

    To deliberately deviate from one's course.

    Used with directional expressions such as إِلَى and عَنْ; this is a derived construction rather than the Quranic Form I headword.

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  • اِسْتَمَالَ

    To attract someone or cause him to incline toward oneself, including winning over his heart.

    A causative or persuasive Form X construction.

    • Lane · entry 5909
  • مِيل

    A mile, a unit of distance.

    The classical measure is defined by the distance to which the eye reaches along the land, with variant traditional calculations of its length.

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  • مِيل

    A stylus or similar implement, identified with مُلْمُولٌ.

    A specialized nominal use distinct from مَيْلٌ ‘inclination.’

    • Lane · entry 5910
  • مَيَل

    Natural crookedness or wryness.

    Refers to an inherent slant or irregularity rather than a temporary inclination.

    • Lane · entry 5912
  • مَيَّال

    Much inclined or swaying.

    An intensive adjectival description, equivalent to مُتَمَايِلٌ in the cited evidence.

    • Lane · entry 5914
  • أَمْيَل

    Swaying while mounted on horseback.

    An adjectival use describing lack of steadiness in riding.

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  • أَمْيَل

    A man without a spear.

    An exceptional or divergent lexical usage reported alongside the horseback sense.

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  • مَيْلَاء

    A large isolated sand mound that inclines to one side; also, a many-branched tree.

    Two related lexical uses under the feminine form مَيْلَاء.

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  • مَال

    Property or wealth.

    A related Classical Arabic noun whose naming is explained through the notion of something passing away, shifting, or changing hands; it is not a Quranic form group in this packet.

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Unassigned or ambiguous evidence

  • lane-unit:myl:5913:g1:main reports مِيلَانِ, apparently a technical term associated with a component of a well apparatus, but marks the reading with uncertainty and supplies only a cross-reference; its precise lexical meaning remains unassigned.