Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

ثَالَ

Root: ثول

Form: 1

Full Definition

ثَالَI , Present.T يَثُولُ, Verbal.Noun ثَوْلٌ, He was, or became, stupid, foolish, or disordered in his intellect: or he was, or became, affected with incipient madness or demoniacal possession, not such as had become confirmed. You say to a man, when you order him to be stupid and ignorant, ثُلْ ثُلْ.
2 And ثَوِلَ, Present.T يَثْوَلُ, Verbal.Noun ثَوَلٌ, He was, or became, affected with confirmed madness or demoniacal possession: he was, or became, affected with what is termed ثَوَلٌ, explained below; as also, accord. to Sb, ; or , Verbal.Noun اِثْوِلَالٌ.

def.2 ثال الوِعَآءَ, Present.T يَثُولُ, Verbal.Noun ثَوْلٌ, He poured forth what was in the receptacle.


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