سِعْلَاةٌ

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سِعْلَاةٌ and سِعْلَآءُ (S, O, K [app. thus, without tenween, as a fem. noun, though فِعْلَاء without tenween is unusual,]) and سِعْلَى The [kind of goblin, demon, devil, or jinnee, called] غُول: or the female of the غُول: (Abu-l-Wefee El-Aarábee, TA in art. غول; and Har p. 76:) or the worst, most wicked, or most guileful, of the غِيلَان [pl. of غُول]: or an enchantress of the jinn, or genii: pl. [of the first] سَعَالٍ [written with the article السَّعَالِى] [and of the second سَعَالِىُّ] and of the third سِعْلَيَاتٌ, which is said to signify the females of the غِيلَان.
2 [Hence,] سِعْلَاةٌ signifies A very clamorous, foul-tongued, woman: accord. to Aboo-'Adnán, a woman foul in face, evil in disposition, is likened to the سِعْلَاة: but some of the Arabs say that the Arabs do not apply the epithet سِعْلَاةٌ to any but an old woman.
3 And [the pl.] السَّعَالِى signifies Horses; as being likened to what are [properly] so termed.
4 And [the same pl.] السَّعَالِى, with kesr to the ل, [in the TK السَّعَالِىُّ, and in the CK ,] signifies A certain plant, the leaves of which make [the ulcers termed] دُبَيْلَات to discharge their contents, and dissolves them; and the fresh thereof remove the mange, or scab: it is a most excellent remedy for the cough; [wherefore it is also called حَشِيشَةُ السُّعَالِ; ] and causes the erection of the ذَكَر to subside (وَيَفُشُّ الاِنْتِصَابَ, K, TA, for which we find in some copies of the K وَنَفْسِ الاِنْتِصَابِ); even the fumigating of oneself therewith.

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