سيل

سَائِلَةٌ ذ [as a subst. formed from the epithet سَائِلٌ by the affix ة]; pl. سَوَائِلُ: see سَيْلٌ. ― -b2- [Hence the saying,] رَأَيْتُ سَائِلَةً مِنَ النَّاسِ (assumed tropical:) I saw a company of men that had poured from some quarter; and so ↓ سَيَّالَةً. (TA.) ― -b3- The pl. سَوَائِلُ also signifies Valleys [app. flowing with water, or because they flow with water]. (T in art. ذنب.)