شَاعِلٌ

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شَاعِلٌ as used in a verse cited above [may be the part. n. of the intrans. verb in the phrase شَعَلَتِ النَّارُ, and thus] may mean [Burning &c.; or] slightly burning: [or] it signifies ذُو إِشْعَالٍ [having the quality of kindling, &c.; being said to be a possessive epithet], like تَامِرٌ and لَابِنٌ, having no verb: or it may be for ذُو شَعْلٍ, meaning مُشْعِلٌ.
2 See also the next paragraph.

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