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علت ʻillat for A. علة, v.n. fr. علّ 'to be or become diseased,' c.

P علت ʻillat (for A. علة, v.n. fr. علّ 'to be or become diseased,' &c.), s.f. A disease, sickness, malady, infirmity, weakness; a fault, vice, bad habit; a defect, flaw; a bad or worthless thing; rubbish, filth, dirt;—a cause, an efficient cause; an excuse, a plea; a pretext, pretence;—a charge, count (of an indictment):—ʻillat-ě-ṣūrī, Apparent or formal cause (i.e. that form in which its essence consists):—ʻillat-ě-g̠āʼī, Final cause:—ʻillat-ě-fāʻilī, Efficient cause:—ʻillat lagā-lenā (-kī), To be addicted to the vice or bad habit (of):—ʻillat lagānā (with loc.), To reproach, blame; to charge (with, -kī), to inculpate:—ʻillat-ě-māddī, Material cause, the matter of which a thing is made:—ʻillat-o-maʻlūl, Cause and effect:—ba-ʻillat (-ě), or (-kī) ʻillat-meṅ, On account (of), because (of); on the charge (of), for:—ḥarf-ě-ʻillat, A weak letter (one of the interchangeable letters ا, و, or ي).