Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

ثُمَالٌ

Root: ثمل

Full Definition

ثُمَالٌ Steeped, or macerated, poison; as also مُثَمَّلٌ : (T, S, K: [in the CK, المُنْتَقِعُ is put for المُنْقَعُ:]) or ↓ the latter signifies poison that has been long steeped, and has remained: or that has been steeped in a vessel, and remained steeped for some days, until it has fermented: or poison with which has been mixed something that strengthens it and excites its energy, that it may be more penetrating, or more effective: and simply poison. [The poison of a serpent or other thing. ]
2 [Hence,] رَنَّحَهُ الكَرَى [The infection of drowsiness made him to incline from side to side].
3 See also ثَمَالَةٌ.


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