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أَسْلَلَ

Root: سل

Form: 4

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أَسْلَلَIV see 1, second sentence.
2 اسلّ, Verbal.Noun إِسْلَالٌ, also signifies He stole: or he stole covertly, secretly, or clandestinely. See also 1, in the latter half of the paragraph. You say, اسلّ مِنَ المَغْنَمِ He stole of the spoil.
3 إِسْلَالٌ signifies also An open raid or predatory incursion.
4 And اسلّ He aided another to steal, or to steal covertly, secretly, or clandestinely.
5 [See also إِسْلَالٌ below. Accord. to Freytag, اسلّ signifies He received a bribe: but this requires consideration: he gives no authority but the K, which does not justify this explanation.]

def.2 اسلّهُ He caused him to be affected with the disease termed سِلّ [q. v.].
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