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رُوَالٌ

Root: رول

Full Definition

رُوَالٌ and رَاوُولٌ , the former also with ء, [رُؤَالٌ,] as mentioned in art. رالٌ, but not the latter, for the Arabs do not pronounce a word of this [class and] measure with ء, and A'Obeyd says that it is without ء, or, accord. to ISk, it is [also] with ء, (M and TA in art. رأل,) Slaver: [like رِيَالٌ, mentioned in art. ريل:] one says رَجُلٌ كَثِيرُ الرُّوَالِ A man having much slaver: (IAar, T: in one copy of the T الرُّؤَال:) and فُلَانٌ يَسِيلُ رُوَالُهُ Such a one, his slaver flows: or both signify the slaver of horses and similar beasts, and of children: or the former signifies peculiarly the froth, or foam, of the horse: accord. to Lth, the saliva of the horse or similar beast. [See رُؤَالٌ, in art. رأل.]

def.2 See also the next paragraph.
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