سَيْلٌ
Root: سيل
Full Definition
سَيْلٌ
A torrent, or flow of water; [i. e.] much water, or a collection of rainwater, flowing, or running, in a valley, or water-course, or torrent-bed: or water that comes to one [from rain, in any case, or] from rain that has not fallen upon one: originally an Verbal.Noun: pl. سُيُولٌ:
سَائِلَةٌ , also, signifies the same as سَيْلٌ; and its pl. is سَوَائِلُ [expl. in the M as meaning flowing, or running, waters].
2 And they said also, مَآءٌ سَيْلٌ, meaning سَائِلٌ [i. e. Flowing, or running, water]; putting the Verbal.Noun in the place of the epithet. وَجَدْتُ بَقْلًا وَبُقَيْلًا وَمَآءً عَلَلًا سَيْلًا, meaning I found herbs full-grown and large and tall, and herbs not full-grown and therefore small, [and water among trees, flowing, or running,] is a saying of one sent to seek for herbage and water; mentioned by Th.
2 And they said also, مَآءٌ سَيْلٌ, meaning سَائِلٌ [i. e. Flowing, or running, water]; putting the Verbal.Noun in the place of the epithet. وَجَدْتُ بَقْلًا وَبُقَيْلًا وَمَآءً عَلَلًا سَيْلًا, meaning I found herbs full-grown and large and tall, and herbs not full-grown and therefore small, [and water among trees, flowing, or running,] is a saying of one sent to seek for herbage and water; mentioned by Th.
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