شَعِيلَةٌ
Root: شعل
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شَعِيلَةٌ
[A lighted wick; i. e.] a wick in which is fire; a wick soaked with oil or grease, in which is fire, used for giving light, and not thus called unless kindled with fire: (TA: [see also شُعْلَةٌ:]) or the fire that is kindled in a wick: pl. شُعُلٌ, like as صُحُفٌ is pl. of صَحِيفَةٌ; in the K erroneously said to be
شَعِيلٌ [which, however, may be correct as a coll. gen. n.].
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