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أَيِّل
stag /ˈʔaj.jil/
nounA2#955 most common
Also: hart, male deer, buck
Example sentences
هٰذا أَيِّل كَبير.
This is a big stag.
رَأَيْتُ أَيِّلاً فِي الغابةِ.
I saw a stag in the forest.
يَقِفُ الأَيِّلُ عَلى التَّلِّ ويَنظُرُ إلى القَطيعِ.
The stag stands on the hill and looks at the herd.
حَمى الأَيِّلُ إناثَهُ مِنَ الذِّئابِ طَوالَ اللَّيلِ.
The stag protected its females from the wolves all night.
تَتَفَرَّعُ قُرونُ الأَيِّلِ كَأغصانِ شَجَرةٍ عاريةٍ في الشِّتاءِ.
The stag's antlers branch out like the limbs of a bare tree in winter.
في مَوسمِ التَّزاوُجِ، تَصطَدِمُ الأَيائِلُ بِقُرونِها في مُبارَزةٍ تُحَدِّدُ زَعيمَ القَطيعِ.
In the mating season, the stags clash their antlers in a duel that decides the leader of the herd.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | أَيِّلٌ | أَيائِلُ |
| Genitive | أَيِّلٍ | أَيائِلَ |
| Accusative | أَيِّلاً | أَيائِلَ |
| Vocative | يا أَيِّلُ | يا أَيائِلُ |
Word family
أَيِّلةdoe, female deer
أَيائِلstags, deer (plural)
إيِّلstag (variant spelling)
Etymology
The word comes from the Semitic root ʾ-y-l, which ties together ideas of the ram, the deer, and physical strength or leadership. The same root gives Hebrew its words for both ram and stag. In Arabic it settled on the male deer, the antlered animal of the hunt.
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