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فَلَاةٌ تُغَوِّلُ , inf. n. تَغْوِيلٌ , [A desert, or water-less desert,] of which the roads, or ways, are unapparent, so that it causes the people thereof [who traverse it] to go astray. (TA.)

مُغَاوَلَةٌ is syn. with مُبَادَرَةٌ [The hastening, making haste, or striving to be first or beforehand, in doing or attaining or obtaining a thing], (S, O, K, TA,) [or] in journeying, &c. (TA.) Jereer says, (S, O,) or El-Akhtal, (so in the TA,) mentioning a man upon whom horsemen had made a sudden attack, (S, TA,) عَايَنْتُ مُشْعِلَةَ الرِعَالِ كَأَنَّهَا طَيْرٌ تُغَاوِلُ فِى شَمَامٍ وُكُورَا [I saw those that were spreading themselves of the small parties of horsemen, as though they were birds hastening to nests in (the mountain of) Shemám]. (S, O, TA.) And it is related in a trad. of 'Ammár, that he was brief in prayer, and said, كُنْتُ أُغَاوِلُ حَاجَةً لِى [I was hastening to accomplish a want that I had]. (TA.) And in a trad. of Keys Ibn-'Ásim, [it is related that he said,] كُنْتُ أُغَاوِلُهُمْ فِى الجَاهِلِيَّةِ i. e. I used to strive to be beforehand with them ( أُبَادِرُهُمْ ) in making a sudden attack or incursion, and in doing mischief, [in the Time of Ignorance:] or, as some relate it, it is with ر [i. e. كُنْتُ أُغَاوِرُهُمْ I used to make sudden attacks or incursions upon them]. (TA.)

تَغَوُّلٌ is syn. with تَلَوُّنٌ [which primarily signifies The becoming altered in colour; but here, the varying in state or condition, or in form or appearance; or, agreeably with explanations of its verb by Esh-Shereeshee, (cited in Har p. 480,) the becoming altered in state or condition; and the becoming of various sorts or species]. (S, O, K.) One says, تغوّلت المَرْأَةُ , meaning تلوّنت [The woman varied in state or condition, or in form or appearance, &c.]: (S, O, TA:) and in like manner تغوّلت is said of the غُول [q. v.]. (TA.) And The woman made herself to be like the غُول . (TA.) And تَغَوُّلُ الفَلَاةِ means The dubious, and varying, state or condition, of the desert, or waterless desert. (TA.) And one says also, تغوّل الأَمْرُ (tropical:) The affair, or case, became altered so as to be unknown; [for تَنَاكَرَ , in my original, I read تَنَكَّرَ ;] and became dubious, or confused. (TA.) ― -b2- And تغوّلت الأَرْضُ بِفُلَانٍ : see 1, former half. ― -b3- And تَغَوَّلَتْهُمُ الغُولُ is said of them who have been made to deviate from, miss, or lose, the right way [by the غُول ; i. e. it means The غول made them to deviate &c.]. (TA.)

تَغَاوَلُوا i. q. تَبَادَرُوا i. e. They hastened together; vied, or strove, one with another, in hastening; made haste to be, or get, before one another; strove, one with another, to be first, or beforehand, (comp. 3:) expl. by Freytag as meaning “ sese invicem studuerunt capere. ”]

اغتالهُ : see 1, first sentence, in two places. ― -b2- Also (S) He slew him (S, Mgh, O, Msb) covertly (S, * Mgh, O *) or on an occasion of inadvertence; (S, * O, * Msb;) syn. ↓ قَتَلَهُ غِيلَةً . (S, Mgh, O.) ― -b3- See also 1, latter half. ― -b4- لَا يَغْتَالُهُ الشَّبَعُ , said of a hawk, (S, O, TA,) &c., (TA,) signifies (tropical:) Satiety will not deprive him of his strength, (S, O, TA,) and his vehemence of flight: meaning that he will not become satiated: (TA:) [it is said that] it occurs in a verse of Zuheyr, [but I do not find it in his Deewán,] describing a hawk. (S, O, TA.) ― -b5- هٰذِهِ أَرْضٌ تَغْتَالُ المَشْىَ means (assumed tropical:) This is a land that renders unapparent in it the footing, or marching, [of travellers,] by reason of its far extent and its width: an ex. of the verb [in this sense] occurs in a verse of El-'Ajjáj cited voce نِيَاطٌ , in art. نوط . (S, O.) -A2- [And Freytag adds, in art. غيل , the two following significations: the former, or both, from the Deewán of the Hudhalees: He overtook him in running: (compare 3 and 6 in this art.:) -A3- and He filled it so that the space became too contracted to take, or hold.]

غَوْلٌ Far extent of a desert, or waterless desert; (S, O, TA;) because it destroys him who passes along in it: (S, TA:) or of a land; because it casts away the travellers, or wayfarers, causes them to fall, or drop down, and removes them far away: and accord. to Lh, it is said of a land when one journeys in it without stopping. (TA.) One says, مَا أَبْعَدَ غَوْلَ هٰذِهِ الأَرْضِ How far is the extent of this land! and اـِنَّهَا لَبَعِيدَةُ الغَوْلِ [Verily it is far in extent]. (ISh, TA.) And أَرْضٌ ذَاتُ غَوْلٍ A land far extending, though in the view of the eye of little extent: (IKh, TA:) and غَيِّلٌ applied to land is said to have the same meaning. (TA in art. غيل .) And أَغْوَالُ الأَرْضِ [in which اغوال is app. pl. of غَوْلٌ ] signifies The extremities of the land. (TA.) ― -b2- اِمْرَأَةٌ ذَاتُ غَوْلٍ A tall woman. (TA.) See 1, last sentence but two. [And see also غَيِّلَةٌ , voce غَيِّلٌ , in art. غيل .] ― -b3- [ ناقة غول النجا=ء is a phrase mentioned without any indication of the meaning in the TA: perhaps نَاقَةُ غَوْلِ النَّجَا=ءِ , and signifying A she-camel of an exceeding degree of swiftness.] -A2- In the saying in the Kur [xxxvii. 46], لَا فِيهَا غَوْلٌ , [referring to the wine of Paradise,] it means The evil result of headache; because it is said in another place, [lvi. 19,] لَا يُصَدَّعُونَ عَنْهَا : (S, O, TA:) or it [there] means [simply] headache: or intoxication: (K, TA:) thus some expl. it as used in that instance: (TA:) or, as expl. by AO, it there means privation of the intellectual faculties. (S, O, TA.) ― -b2- See also غُولٌ , latter half. ― -b3- Also Distress, trouble, or molestation: (K, TA:) thus expl. by some as used in the Kur ubi suprà. (TA.) ― -b4- And Unfaithfulness; or unfaithful acting. (TA.) ― -b5- ↓ أَتَى غَوْلًا غَايءِلَةً means He did a cunning, bad, action. (K.) -A3- Also Much earth. (S, O, K.) Hence the phrase غَوْلًا مِنَ الرَّمْلِ , [app. meaning A large quantity of sand,] in a verse of Lebeed. (S, O.) ― -b2- And A collection of [the trees called] طَلْح , (K, TA,) with which nothing participates. (TA.) ― -b3- And A low, or depressed, part of the earth, or of land. (K.)

غُولٌ A kind of [goblin,] demon, devil, or jinnee, which, the Arabs assert, appears to men in the desert, assuming various forms, causing them to wander from the way, and destroying them; (JM, and TA * on the authority of IAth;) but this the Prophet denied, saying, لَا غُولَ ; by which, however, accord. to some, he did not mean to deny the existence of the غول , but only the assertion of the Arabs respecting its assuming various forms and its being able to cause any one to go astray: (IAth, JM, * TA:) i. q. سِعْلَاةٌ [q. v.]: or a sort of سِعْلَاة : (S, O, Msb:) or a male jinnee; the female being called سِعْلَاة : (Abu-l-Wefee ElAarábee, TA:) pl. [of pauc.] أَغْوَالٌ and [of mult.] غِيلَانٌ (S, O, Msb, K) and غِوَلَةٌ : (O, TA:) and it signifies also an enchantress of the jinn: (K:) and a demon, or devil, that eats men: (En-Nadr, O, K:) or any jinnee, or devil, or animal of prey, that destroys a man: (TA:) or a certain beast, (K, TA,) terrible [in appearance], having tusks, or fangs, (TA,) seen by the Arabs, and known by them; and killed by Taäbbata Sharrà: (K, TA:) and such as varies in form or appearance, of the enchanters and of the jinn; (K, TA;) on his doing which, as is said in a trad., one should hastily utter the call to prayer, to prevent his mischief by the mention of God: (TA:) or anything by reason of which the intellect departs; as also ↓ غَوْلٌ : (K:) and anything that takes a man unexpectedly and destroys him: (S, O, Msb:) [whence] one says, الغَضَبُ غُولُ الحِلْمِ Anger [is that which] destroys, and does away with, forbearance, or clemency. (S, O.) ― -b2- Also Destruction: [or a cause thereof:] and death; or the decree of death. (K.) See 1, second sentence. ― -b3- And A calamity, or misfortune; (K, TA;) as also ↓ غَايءِلَةٌ ; (TA;) of which latter the pl. in this sense is غَوَايءِلُ ; (K, * TA;) thus mentioned by Ks. (Msb.) ― -b4- And A serpent: pl. أَغْوَالٌ : (K:) accord. to Az, the Arabs call serpents أَغْوَال ; and thus this word is said to mean in the verse of Imra-el-Keys, لِيَقْتُلَنِى وَالمَشْرَفِىُّ مُضَاجِعِى وَمَسْنُونَةٌ زُرْقٌ كَأَنْيَابِ أَغْوَالِ [To slay me, while the Meshrefee sword was my bedfellow, and so were sharpened, polished arrowheads, like the fangs of serpents]: (O, TA: *) but AHát says that this is meant as an exaggeration: (TA:) and it is said that the poet here means devils. (O, TA.)

غِيلَةٌ The slaying covertly, (Mgh,) or on an occasion of inadvertence; a subst. from اِغْتَالَهُ : (Msb:) originally with و [i. e. غِوْلَةٌ ]. (S.) See 8: and see also art. غيل .

غَوْلَانٌ A plant of the [kind called] حَمْض , (A'Obeyd, AHn, S, O, K,) like the أُشْنَان [i. e. kali, or glasswort], (K,) or, accord. to AHn, resembling the عُنْظُوَان [which is described as a plant of the حَمْض , or, as some say, the best of the أُشْنَان ], except that it is more slender; and it is a pasture. (TA.) -A2- Also sing. of غَوَالِينُ , which signifies [The ribs of a ship or boat, i. e.] the things that resemble the ضُلُوع in a ship or boat. (AA, O, TA.)

غَايءِلٌ [act. part. n. of 1]. ― -b2- [Hence,] أَرْضٌ غَايءِلَةُ النِّطَا=ءِ A land that destroys its inhabitant by reason of its far extent. (TA.) ― -b3- And غَايءِلَةٌ [as an epithet applied to a fem. n.] signifies Caused to become absent, or to disappear; hidden, or concealed: or stolen. (ISh, TA.)

غَايءِلَةٌ [as a subst.] Bad, or corrupt, conduct; and evil, or mischief. (Msb.) See also غَوْلٌ , last quarter. [And see art. غيل .] ― -b2- And [particularly] Wickedness, or disobedience, of a slave; and his running away; (Mgh in art. عدو , and Msb;) and the like thereof: pl. غَوَايءِلُ . (Msb.) ― -b3- And [hence, perhaps, (as denoting a cause for reclaiming the price of a slave,) it is said that] it signifies A right which another than the seller has to the possession of a slave, whereby the sale is annulled, and the seller is obliged to return the price to the purchaser. (TA. voce خِبْثَةٌ .) ― -b4- See also غُولٌ , latter half. ― -b5- [Its pl.] غَوَايءِلُ also signifies Places of destruction. (TA.) ― -b6- And you say, أَخَافُ غَايءِلَتَهُ , meaning I fear the result, and the evil, or mischief, thereof. (TA.) -A2- Also A hole, or perforation, of a watering-trough, or tank, (IAar, O, K, * TA,) that causes the water to pass away: (TA:) pl. غَوَايءِلُ . (IAar, O, TA.)

عَيْشٌ غُوَّلٌ : see أَغْوَلُ .

أَرْضٌ غَيِّلَةٌ A land far extending. (Lh, TA.) [Mentioned also in art. غيل .]

أَغْوَلُ [More, and most, destructive]. One says, أَيَّةُ غُولٍ أَغْوَلُ مِنَ الغَضَبِ [What destroyer is more destructive than anger?]. (S, O: immediately following the explanation of the saying, الغَضَبُ غُولُ الحِلْمِ .) ― -b2- [Hence, perhaps,] عَيْشٌ أَغْوَلُ A soft, or plentiful and easy, life; (Ibn-'Abbád, O, K;) as also ↓ غُوَّلٌ . (K.)

مِغْوَلٌ [primarily] An instrument with which a thing is destroyed. (Ham p. 648.) ― -b2- And [hence] used as meaning A knife: and in common acceptation, a knife that is put in the midst of a whip which is as a sheath to it: (Ham ibid.:) a knife to which a whip is a sheath: (Mgh:) or a slender sword, having a flat back ( لَهُ قَفًا ), (S, O, Msb,) like the knife, (Msb,) the sheath of which is like the whip: (S, O:) or an iron [weapon] that is put within a whip, which thus becomes to it a sheath: (K:) or a whip in the interior of which is a sword: (A'Obeyd, TA:) said to be thus called because its owner destroys with it his enemy unexpectedly: pl. مَغَاوِلُ : (TA:) and a thing like a مِشْمَل [or short and slender sword over which a man covers himself with his garment], except that it is more slender, and longer: (K:) and a long نَصْل [or blade], (AHn, K, TA,) of little breadth, thick in the مَتْن [which generally means the part in the middle of which is the ridge, but may here mean the back]: (AHn, TA:) or a short sword which a man wears inwrapped beneath his clothes: (TA:) or a slender sword, having a flat back ( لَهُ قَفًا ): (K:) or a slender iron [weapon], having a sharp edge and a flat back ( وَقَفًا ), which the assassin binds upon his waist in order that he may therewith destroy men. (TA.) ― -b3- [Hence,] فَرَسٌ ذَاتُ مِغْوَلٍ (tropical:) A mare having a quality, or faculty, of outstripping: (O, K, TA:) as though she destroyed the [other] horses so that they fell short of reaching her. (TA.)

نَزَلُوا مُغَاوِلِينَ , occurring in a trad. respecting the lie [that was uttered against 'Áïsheh, to which allusion is made in the Kur xxiv. 11], means They alighted [after] going far in the journeying. (TA.)