أُكُلٌ
1.
and
أُكْلٌ; (S, Msb, K, &c.;) the latter a contraction of the former; (Msb;) What is eaten; (S, Msb, TA;) as also
أُكْلَةٌ and
أَكْلَةٌ (Lh, TA) and
مَأْكَلَةٌ and
مَأْكُلَةٌ (Msb, K) and
مَأْكُولٌ; (Lh, Msb;) any eatable; i. e. anything that is eaten; (S;) and
أَكَالٌ signifies [the same, an eatable, or] food. (S, TA.) You say of one who is dead, اِنْقَطَعَ أُكُلُهُ [His food has become cut off, or stopped: in the TA, أَكْلُهُ: see 1]. (S.) And
مَا ذُقْتُ أَكَالَّا
I have not tasted food. (S, TA.)
2.
Fruit (S, K [in the latter of which, in some copies, التَّمْرُ is put for الثَّمَرُ, erroneously, as is said in the TA]) of palmtrees and other trees [&c.]. (S.) So in the Qur'an, 13:35, أُكُلُهَا دَايءِمٌ [Its fruit shall be perpetual]: (S, TA:) meaning that the fruits thereof shall be not as those of the present world, which come to one at one time and not at another. (TA.) [Pl. اكَالٌ; occurring in the M and K in article اتو.]
3.
(tropical:) Means of subsistence: (K:) worldly good fortune, (S, K,) and ample means of subsistence. (S.) You say, فُلَانٌ ذُو أُكُلٍ (tropical:) Such a one is possessed of worldly good fortune, and ample means of subsistence: (S:) and عَظِيمُ الأُكُلِ (tropical:) possessed of [great] good fortune; or of a [great and] good share of the means of subsistence. (TA.)
4.
(tropical:) Thickness, substantialness, or closeness or compactness of texture, of a garment, or piece of cloth; (S, K, TA;) and strength thereof. (K.) You say ثَوْبٌ ذُو أُكُلٍ (tropical:) A garment, or piece of cloth, having thickness, &c.: and قِرْطَاسٌ ذُو أُكُلٍ (tropical:) paper having thickness, &c. (S, TA.)