علت

’illat (for A. علة , v.n. fr. علّ 'to be or become diseased,' etc.), 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):—’illat-ě-ṣūrī, Apparent or formal cause (i.e. that form in which its essence consists):—’illat-ě-g̠ā`o, Final cause:—’illat-ě-fā’ilī, Efficient cause:—’illat lagā-lenā(-kī), To be addicted to the vice or bad habit (of):—’illat lagānā(with loc.), To reproach, blame; to charge (with, -kī), to inculpate:—’illat-ě-māddī, Material cause, the matter of which a thing is made:—’illat-oma’lūl, Cause and effect:—ba-’illat (-ě), or (-kī) ’illat-meṅ, On account (of), because (of); on the charge (of), for:—ḥarf-ě-’illat, A weak letter (one of the interchangeable letters ا , و , or ي).