غائلة

Derived from the feminine form of the active participle of the verb غَال‎ (ḡāl).

• IPA^(key): /ɣaː.ʔi.la/

غَائِلَة • (ḡāʔila) f (plural غَائِلَات‎ (ḡāʔilāt) or غَوَائِل‎ (ḡawāʔil))

1. evil
   • 942–1010, عنوان الحكم للأبو الفتح البستي (عنوان الحكم):

     ‏مَنْ سَالَمَ ٱلنَّاسَ يَسْلَمُ مِنْ غَوَائِلِهِمْ‎

     man sālama n-nāsa yaslamu min ḡawāʔilihim

     Whoever makes peace with the people, he will be safe from their evils

2. calamity, affliction, misfortune, disaster

   Synonyms: نَازِلَة‎ (nāzila), دَاهِيَة‎ (dāhiya), نَائِبَة‎ (nāʔiba), بَلِيَّة‎ (baliyya), مُصِيبَة‎ (muṣība)

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