سيل

سَيْلٌ ذ A torrent, or flow of water; (MA;) [i. e.] much water, (M, K,) or a collection of rainwater, (Msb,) flowing, or running, (M, Msb, K,) in a valley, or water-course, or torrent-bed: (Msb:) or water that comes to one [ from rain, in any case, or] from rain that has not fallen upon one: (TA:) originally an inf. n.: (Msb, TA:) pl. سُيُولٌ: (S, M, Msb, K:) ↓ سَائِلَةٌ, also, signifies the same as سَيْلٌ; and its pl. is سَوَائِلُ [expl. in the M as meaning flowing, or running, waters ]. (TA.) ― -b2- And they said also, مَاآءٌ سَيْلٌ, meaning ↓ سَائِلٌ [i. e. Flowing, or running, water ]; (M, K;) putting the inf. n. in the place of the epithet. (M.) وَجَدْتُ بَقْلًا وَبُقَيْلًا وَمَاآءً عَلَلًا سَيْلًا, meaning I found herbs full-grown and large and tall, and herbs not full-grown and therefore small, [ and water among trees, flowing, or running, ] is a saying of one sent to seek for herbage and water; mentioned by Th. (M.)