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سيل
Root entry · 1 derived lemmaسَيّالٌ ذ [ Flowing, or running, much ]. One says, نَزَلْنَا بِوَاد ٍ نَبْتُهُ مَيَّالٌ وَمَاؤُهُ سَيَّالٌ [ We alighted in a valley the herbage whereof was inclining much, by reason of its luxuriant growth, and the water whereof was flowing, or running, much, by reason of its copiousness]. (TA.) ― -b2- [And Distilling much: see رَنْدٌ.] -A2- Also A certain mode of calculation. (O, K, TA. [In the CK, الحِيتَانْ is erroneously put for الحِسَابِ.])
Derived headwords
سَيّالٌ
- 1.
نَزَلْنَا بِوَاد ٍ نَبْتُهُ مَيَّالٌ وَمَاؤُهُ سَيَّالٌ