شمعل

Q. 4 اِشْمَعَلَّ ذ He hastened, made haste, or went quickly; syn. أَسْرَعَ: this is the primary signification. (Ham p. 282.) One says of a she-camel اشمعلّت meaning She hastened, &c. (S.) ― -b2- And اشمعلّت الاـِبِلُ The camels went, or went away, and scattered or dispersed themselves, by reason of briskness, liveliness, or sprightliness: (Kh, S, O, K:) or spread themselves, or became scattered or dispersed; as also اشمعطّت: (Aboo-Turáb, TA:) or became scattered or dispersed, going [ away ] quickly. (TA.) And in like manner, (Kh, S, O,) اشمعلّت الغَارَةُ فِى العَدُوِّ, (Kh, S, O, K,) meaning The horsemen making a sudden attack upon the enemy scattered, or dispersed, themselves; (Aboo-Turáb, K, * TA;) and so اشمعطّت. (Aboo-Turáb, TA.) And اشمعلّ القَوْمُ فِى الطَّلَبِ The people, or company of men, hastened, and scattered or dispersed themselves, in seeking; (Aboo-Turáb, S, O, K;) as also اشمعطّ. (Aboo-Turáb, TA.) -A2- And i. q. أَشْرَفَ [q. v.]. (O, K.)