صَهِيلٌ
Root: صهل
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صَهِيلٌ
[an Verbal.Noun, see 1,] and
and
صَاهِلَةٌ , of which the pl. is صَوَاهِلُ, and
تَصْهَالٌ , [which last is an intensive Verbal.Noun,] The neighing or neigh, lit. the voicing or voice, of the horse: similar to نَهِيقٌ and نُهَاقٌ in relation to the ass. أَهْلُ صَهِيلٍ وَأَطِيطٍ means Possessors of horses and of camels: (TA in art. اط:) it is said in a trad. of Umm-Zara, فَجَعَلَنِى فِى أَهْلِ صَهِيلٍ وَأَطِيطٍ [And he set me among possessors of horses and of camels]: she meant that she was among people of little property, and he transferred her to people of much wealth; for the possessors of horses and of camels are more [rich] than the possessors of sheep or goats.
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