عِوَلٌ
1.
is [said to be] a subst. signifying Reliance, and confidence: (S, * K, TA:) and [it is said that] هُوَ عِوَلِى signifies He is my stay, or support: the word, however, occurs in this form, twice, in a verse of Taäbata-sharrà, according to the relation thereof by Aboo-'Ikrimeh; but according to others it is
عَوَلٌ, with fet-h to the ع and و, and is said to be a verbal noun; whereas the former is said to be plural of
عَوْلَةٌ; [and the two words signify, respectively, a weeping and weepings; for] by his saying
the poet means If I wept for any one, I would weep &c. (TA.)لٰكِنَّمَا عَِوَلِى إِنْ عَِوَلٍ