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صهل

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

صَهِيلٌ ذ [an inf. n., see 1,] and ↓ صُهَالٌ (S, O, K) and ↓ صَاهِلَةٌ, of which the pl. is صَوَاهِلُ, (O, K,) and ↓ تَصْهَالٌ, [which last is an intensive inf. n.,] (O,) The neighing or neigh, lit. the voicing or voice, of the horse: (S, O, K:) similar to نَهِيقٌ and نُهَاقٌ (S, TA) in relation to the ass. (TA.) 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 ]: (O, TA:) 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. (TA in the present art.)

Derived headwords

صَهِيلٌ
  1. 1.
أَهْلُ صَهِيلٍ وَأَطِيطٍ
فَجَعَلَنِى فِى أَهْلِ صَهِيلٍ وَأَطِيطٍ