عفريت iﻌfrīt A (from عفر To roll in the dust) s. m. 1. Any thing frightful or horrible. 2. A giant, demon, spectre. (Plur. عفاريت).

عديم aﻌdīm A (from عدم) adj. Destitute, deprived, not to be found. عديم المثال aﻌdīmu-l-mis̤āl, or عديم المثل aﻌdīmu-l-mis̤l, adj. Incomparable.

عليل aﻌlīl A (from علّت) adj. Weak, sick, indis- posed.

عيسيٰ īﻌsạ̄ A (Heb. from To save) n. prop. Jesus.

عديل aﻌdīl A 1. adj. Alike, equal. 2. Just, equitable. 3. s. m. A distributer of justice.

عيال iﻌyāl A (plur. of عيل aﻌiyil, from عول or عيل To support a family, Heb. To give suck, also A suckling) s. m. Family, children, domes- ticks. عيالدار iﻌyāl-dār, Having a family.

عدول uﻌdūl A (from عدل) s. m. Declining, re- fusing, receding, deserting, returning. عدول حکمي کرنا ūﻌdul-ḥukm-ī-karnā, To disobey or- ders. عدول کرنا ūﻌdūl karnā, To deviate from, disobey, decline, refuse.

عامي āﻌmī A (part. act. of عمي) adj. Blind, ig- norant.

عالم āﻌlim A part. pres. (of علم) Learned, knowing. عالم غيب āﻌlim-i-g̠ẖaib, adj. Prescient, knowing what is concealed, or the past and future.

عطارد ut̤ārid A s. m. The planet Mercury.