Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

اشتعلت

Root: شعل

Form: 8

Full Definition

اشتعلتVIII ; and , Present.T ـَ; and [in an intensive sense] تشعّلت ; The fire became kindled; or it burned up, burned brightly or fiercely, blazed, or flamed; syn. تَأَجَّجَت, or اِضْطَرَمَت, or تَوَقَّدَت, and اِلْتَهَبَت; فِى الحَطَبِ [in the firewood].
2 Hence, اِشْتَعَلَ غَضَبًا He became excited, or inflamed, with anger: or he became filled with wrath.
3 Hence also, اشتعل الشَّيْبُ فِى الرَّأْسِ Whiteness of the hair became glistening in the head; including the hair of the beard. And اشتعل الرَّأْسَ شَيْبًا [in the Kur xix. 3, expl. in art. شيب].


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