سَيّالٌ
Root: سيل
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سَيّالٌ
[Flowing, or running, much]. One says, نَزَلْنَا بِوَاد ٍ نَبْتُهُ مَيَّالٌ وَمَاؤُهُ سَيَّالٌ [We alighted in a valley the herbage whereof was inclining much, by reason of its luxuriant growth, and the water whereof was flowing, or running, much, by reason of its copiousness].
2 [And Distilling much: see رَنْدٌ.]
def.2 Also A certain mode of calculation. (O, K, TA. [In the CK, الحِيتَانْ is erroneously put for الحِسَابِ.])
2 [And Distilling much: see رَنْدٌ.]
def.2 Also A certain mode of calculation. (O, K, TA. [In the CK, الحِيتَانْ is erroneously put for الحِسَابِ.])
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