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اِسْمَأَلَّ

Root: سمل

Form: Q. Q. 4

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اِسْمَأَلَّ
Q. Q. 4 Verbal.Noun اِسْمِئلَالٌ, He was, or became, slender, lean, or lank, in the belly.
2 Said of the shade, It contracted; or went away; syn. قَلَصَ, or اِرْتَفَعَ. The phrase إِذَا ٱسْمَأَلَّ التُّبَّعُ, in a verse which is here cited in the S and O and TA, [and which I have cited in art. تبع,] means [accord. to J,] إِذَا رَجَعَ الظِّلُّ إِلَى أَصْلِ العُودِ [app. When the shade cast by the leaves of a tree returns to the lower part of the branch; i. e. when the sun becomes high: virtually the same as when the shade contracts]: or, as some say, by التُّبَّعُ is meant [the star, or asterism, called] الدَّبَرَان, and the phrase means when الدبران rises. (TA. [See art. تبع.])
3 Said of a person's face, It became altered in consequence of emaciation.
4 See also 1, last sentence but one.
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