اِشْمَعَلَّ
Root: شمعل
Form: Q. 4
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اِشْمَعَلَّ
He hastened, made haste, or went quickly; syn. أَسْرَعَ: this is the primary signification. One says of a she-camel اشمعلّت meaning She hastened, &c.
2 And اشمعلّت الإِبِلُ The camels went, or went away, and scattered or dispersed themselves, by reason of briskness, liveliness, or sprightliness: or spread themselves, or became scattered or dispersed; as also اشمعطّت: or became scattered or dispersed, going [away] quickly. And in like manner, اشمعلّت الغَارَةُ فِى العَدُوِّ, meaning The horsemen making a sudden attack upon the enemy scattered, or dispersed, themselves; and so اشمعطّت. And اشمعلّ القَوْمُ فِى الطَّلَبِ The people, or company of men, hastened, and scattered or dispersed themselves, in seeking; as also اشمعطّ.
def.2 And i. q. أَشْرَفَ [q. v.].
2 And اشمعلّت الإِبِلُ The camels went, or went away, and scattered or dispersed themselves, by reason of briskness, liveliness, or sprightliness: or spread themselves, or became scattered or dispersed; as also اشمعطّت: or became scattered or dispersed, going [away] quickly. And in like manner, اشمعلّت الغَارَةُ فِى العَدُوِّ, meaning The horsemen making a sudden attack upon the enemy scattered, or dispersed, themselves; and so اشمعطّت. And اشمعلّ القَوْمُ فِى الطَّلَبِ The people, or company of men, hastened, and scattered or dispersed themselves, in seeking; as also اشمعطّ.
def.2 And i. q. أَشْرَفَ [q. v.].
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