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سَهُلَ

Root: سهل

Form: 1

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سَهُلَI , said of a place, or of a thing, and, accord. to IKtt, they said also سَهَلَ and سَهِلَ, and سَهُلَتْ, said of land, (أَرْضٌ,) Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun سُهُولَةٌ, It was, or became, smooth or soft, plain or level, or smooth and soft; i. e. contr. of حَزُنَ and حَزُنَتْ, Verbal.Noun حُزُونَةٌ.
2 And سَهُلَ, Verbal.Noun سُهُولَةٌ, or سَهَالَةٌ, [but the former is the more common,] It was, or became, easy.
3 One says كَلَامٌ فِيهِ سُهُولَةٌ [Language, or speech, in which is smoothness, or easiness].
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