أَلَا
1.
, (S, M, Mgh, K,) aorist يَأْلُو, (S, Mgh,) verbal noun أَلْوٌ (T, M, Mgh, K) and أُلُوُّ (K, TA [in a copy of the M أَلُوٌّ]) and أُلِىٌّ; (K, TA; [in a copy of the M أَلِىٌّ, and in a copy of the Mgh written with fet-h and damm to the أ;]) and
أَلَّى, (S, M, K,) aorist يُوءَلّى, verbal noun تَأْلِيَةٌ; (S;) and
ايءتلى [written with the disjunctive alif اِيتَلَى]; (S, M, K;) [and
تَأَلّى, as appears from an example in a verse cited in article نشب, q. v.;] He fell short; or he fell short of doing what was requisite, or what he ought to have done; or he
flagged, or was remiss; synonym قَصَّرَ: (S, M, K; and Fr, IAar, T, Mgh, in explanation of the first of these verbs:) and he was slow, or tardy: (M, K; and AA, T, S, in explanation of the second verb:) or he flagged, or was remiss, or languid, and weak. (A Heyth and T in explanation of all of the above-mentioned verbs except the last.) You say, أَلَا فِى الأَمْرِ, (Mgh,) and
ايءتلى
فِيهِ, (S,) He fell short, &c., (قَصَّرَ,) in the affair. (S, Mgh.) In the saying, لَم يَأْلُ أَنْ يَعْدِلَ فِى ذلِكَ, i. e. He did not fall short, &c., (لَمْ يُقَصَّرْ,) in acting equitably and equally in that,
فِى is suppressed before ان: but in the phrase, لَمْ يَأْلُو
مِنَ العَدْلِ, as some relate it, [the meaning intended seems to be, They did not hold back, or the like, from acting equitably; for here] the verb is made to imply the meaning of another verb: and such is the case in the saying, لَا الُوكَ نُصْحًا, meaning I will not refuse to thee, nor partially or wholly deprive thee of, sincere, honest, or faithful, advice: (Mgh:) or this last signifies I will not flag, or be remiss, nor fall short, to thee in giving sincere, honest, or faithful,
advice. (T, S. *) It is said in the Qur'an, 3:114, لَا يَإْلُونَكُمْ خَبَالًا, meaning They will not fall short, or flag, or be remiss, in corrupting you. (IAar, T.) And the same meaning is assigned to the verb in the saying أُولُو الْفَضْلِ مِنْكُمْ
وَلَا يَأْتَلِ, in the Qur'an, 24:22, by A'Obeyd: but the preferable rendering in this case is that of A Heyth, which will be found below: see 4. (T.) Ks mentions the phrase, أَقْبَلَ بِضَرْبَةٍ لَا يَأْلُ [He came with a blow, not falling short, &c.], for لا يَأْلُو; like لَا أَدْرِ [for لا أَدْرِى]. (S, M: [but in the copies of the former in my hands, for بِضَرْبَةٍ, I find يَضْرِبُهُ.])
أَلَّى [with teshdeed] is also said of a dog, and of a hawk, meaning He fell short of attaining the game that he pursued. (TA.) And of a cake of bread, meaning It was slow in becoming thoroughly baked. (IAar, IB.) [See also the phrase لَا دَريْتَ وَلَا ايءْتَليْتَ in a later part of this paragraph.]
2.
You say also, مَا أَلَوْتُ
الشَّيْءَ, (K,) or مَا أَلَوْتُ أَنْ أَفْعَلَهُ, (M,) inf. n أَلوٌ (M, K) and أُلُوٌّ, (K, TA, [in a copy of the M أُلْوٌ,]) meaning I did not leave, quit, cease from, omit, or neglect, (M, K,) the thing, (K,) or doing it. (M.) And فُلَانٌ لَا يَأْلُو خَيْرًا
Such a one does not leave, quit, or cease from, doing good. (M.) And مَا أَلَوْتُ جَهْدًا
I did not leave, omit, or neglect, labour, exertion, effort, or endeavour: and the vulgar say, مَا الُوكَ جَهْدًا; but this is wrong: so says As. (T. [See, however, similar phrases mentioned above.])
3.
أَلَا, aorist as above, (TA,) verbal noun أَلْوٌ, (IAar, T, TA,) also signifies He strove, or laboured; he exerted himself, or his power or ability; (IAar, T, TA;) as also
تَأَلَّى: (T, TA:) the opposite of a signification before mentioned; i. e. “he flagged;,” or “was remiss, or languid, and weak.” (TA.) You say, أَتَانِى فِى حَاجَةٍ فَأَلَوْتُ فِيهَا
He came to me respecting a want, and I strove, or laboured, &c., to accomplish it. (T.)
4.
And أَلَاهُ, aorist as above, (T, S,) verbal noun أَلْوٌ, (IAar, T, S,) He was, or became, able to do it: (IAar, T, S:) and
ألّى, verbal noun تَأْلِيَةٌ, also signifies he was, or became, able; (TA;) and so
ايءتلى. (ISk, S, TA.) You say, هُوَ يَأْلُو هذَا الأَمْرَ
He is able to perform, or accomplish, this affair. (T.) And مَا أَلَوْتُهُ
I was not able to do it. (T, M, K.) And أَتَانِى
فُلَانٌ فِى حَاجَةٍ فَمَا أَلَوْتُ رَدَّهُ
Such a one came to me respecting a want, and I was not able to rebuff him. (T.) It is said in a tradition, مَنْ صَامَ
الدَّهْرَ فَلَا صَامَ وَلَا أَلَّى [He who fasts ever, or always, may he neither fast] nor be able to fast: as though it were an imprecation: or it may be enunciative: another reading is وَلَا الَ, explained as meaning وَلَا رَجَعَ: [See article اول:] but El-Khattábee says that it is correctly أَلَّى and أَلَا. (TA.) And the Arabs used to say, (S, M,) [and] according to a tradition it will be said to the hypocrite [in his grave], on his being asked respecting Mohammad and what he brought, and answering “I know not,” (T in article تلو,)
لَا دَرَيْتَ وَلَا ايءتَلَيْتَ, (T, S, M, K,) meaning, according to As, (T,) or ISk, (S,) Mayest thou not know, nor be able to know: (T, S: *) or, according to Fr, nor fall short, or flag, in seeking to know; that the case may be the more miserable to thee: (T:) or وَلَا أَلَيْتَ, as an imitative sequent [for ولا أَلَوْتَ, to which the same explanations are applicable]: (MK:) or لَا دَرَيْتَ وَلَا تَلَيْتَ, the latter verb being assimilated to the former, (ISk, T in article تلو, S,) said to mean وَلَا تَلَوْتَ, i. e. nor mayest thou read nor study: (T in article تلو
:) or لَا دَرَيْتَ وَلَا أَتْليْتَ, i. e. [mayest thou not know,] nor mayest thou have camels followed by young ones. (Yoo, ISk, T, S, M, K.)