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شعل

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

8 اشتعلت النَّارُ ذ ; (Lh, S, O, Msb, K, TA;) and ↓ شَعَلَت, aor. شَعَلَ ; (Msb;) and [in an intensive sense] ↓ تشعّلت; (K, TA;) The fire became kindled; or it burned up, burned brightly or fiercely, blazed, or flamed; syn. تَأَجَّجَت, (Lh, TA,) or اِضْطَرَمَت, (S, O, TA,) or تَوَقَّدَت, (Msb,) and اِلْتَهَبَت; (K, * TA;) فِى الحَطَبِ [ in the firewood ]. (Lh, TA.) ― -b2- Hence, اِشْتَعَلَ غَضَبًا (tropical:) He became excited, or inflamed, with anger: (TA:) or he became filled with wrath. (Msb.) ― -b3- Hence also, اشتعل الشَّيْبُ فِى الرَّأْسِ (tropical:) Whiteness of the hair became glistening in the head; including the hair of the beard. (TA.) And اشتعل الرَّأْسَ شَيْبًا [in the Kur xix. 3, expl. in art. شيب]. (S, Msb.)

Derived headwords

اشتعلت النَّارُverb
  1. 1.
فِى الحَطَبِ
اِشْتَعَلَ غَضَبًا
اشتعل الشَّيْبُ فِى الرَّأْسِ
اشتعل الرَّأْسَ شَيْبًا