فَايءِلُ الرَّأْىِ
1.
: see فِيلٌ, latter half, in two places.
2.
الفَايءِلُ [as a subst.] signifies The flesh that is upon the
خُرْبَة, (S, O,) or خُرْب, (K, [in the M, according to the TT, حرف, apparently a mistranscription,]) of the
وَرِك; (S, M, O, K;) [which, I think, will be plainly seen from what follows to mean the flesh that is upon the sacro-ischiatic foramen; though خُرْبَةُ الوَرِكِ and خُرْبُ الوَرِكِ are said in the TA, in article خرب, to mean “ the hole where the head of the thigh-bone is inserted; ”] so says A 'Obeyd: (S, O:) or, (S, M, O, K,) as some say, so adds A 'Obeyd, (S, O,) a certain vein (T, S, M, O, K) in the
خُرْبَة
of the
وَرِك, descending into the leg, (T,) or in the thigh: (S, O:) As says, in “ the Book of the Horse, ” in the وَرِك is the خُرْبَة, which is a نُقْرَة wherein is flesh, no bone being in it; and in that نُقْرَة is the فَايءِل, and there is no bone between the said نقرة and the belly, but only skin and flesh; (T, * S, O;) and he cites the saying of El-Aashà,
[Oft we stain the ridge of the spear-head in what is concealed in the interior of his فايءل, and oft the man of valour dies by means of our spears]; مَكْنُونُ الفَايءِلِ means his blood: he says [by implication], we are skilful in respect of the place of piercing: (S, O:) but As said مِنْ in the place of فِى; and AA, قَدْ نَطْعُنُ; which has been pronounced to be wrong: (O:) or the فَايءِلَانِ, (T, M,) or the فَايءِلَتَانِ, (so in the K, [apparently a mistranscription,]) are two veins entering into the interior parts of the thighs (T, M, K,) in the hinder parts thereof; (M, K;) and they adduce as an evidence thereof the verse of El-Aashà cited above, saying that the epithet مكنون would not have been used if the فايءل were not a vein; but others say that [the poet meant that] he made the spear-head to become concealed in the furthest part of the flesh; and if the فايءل were a vein, it would not have been mentioned as it has been in a phrase of Imra-el-Keys which will be cited in what follows: (M:) [hence it is said,] or they are two portions of flesh [between which is the lower part of the os sacrum, i. e.] the lower parts of which are upon the صَلَوَان [dual of صَلًا], from the region of the lower portions of the حَجَبَتَانِ to the عَجْب, bordering upon the عُصْعُص on either side, descending in the two sides of the two thighs; [so in a human being,] and thus in the horse: (M, K: [for the meanings of the words that I have here left untranslated, I must refer to their several proper arts.; as they are variously explained:]) الفَالُ is a dialect var. of الفَايءِلُ; (M, K, TA;) which is explained by Sgh [in the O] as meaning a certain vein issuing from the فَوَّارَة of the وَرِك [i. e. from the sacro-ischiatic foramen]: (TA:) [but the assertion that الفال is a dialect var. of الفايءل seems to be founded only upon what here follows:] Imra-el-Keys says, [describing a horse,]قَدْ نَخْضِبُ العَيْرَ فِى مَكْنُونِ فَايءِلِهِوَقَدْ يَشِيطُ عَلَى أَرْمَاحِنَا البَطَلُ
(S, M; or على الفَالِى, as in the O and TA;) [i. e. He has edges of the haunch-bones projecting above, or beyond, the فايءل; for] he means على فَايءِلِ, having altered the latter word by transposition. (T, S, O, TA.)لَهُ حَجَبَاتٌ مُشْرِفَاتٌ عَلَى الفَالِ