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ثعل

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

ثَعُولُ ثعول , applied to a she-camel, a cow, and a sheep or goat, Having an excess, or a redundance, in the [ number of ] teats: or having, above her teat, a small teat: or having a nipple in excess: (K:) or a ewe, or she-goat, having a ثُعْل [q. v.]: or, accord. to some of the lexicologists, a ewe, or she goat, that may be milked from her ثُعْل. (Ham p. 647. [See also ثُعْلُولٌ.]) ― -b2- طَعْنَةٌ ثَعُولٌ A wound made with a spear or the like from which the blood is scattered, or sprinkled. (TA.) ― -b3- جَيْشٌ ثَعُولٌ A numerous army. (TA.) And كَتِيبَةٌ An army, or a collected portion thereof, having with it much rabble and many followers: (K:) regard is had in it to multitude and crowding. (TA.)

Derived headwords

ثَعُولُ
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طَعْنَةٌ ثَعُولٌ
جَيْشٌ ثَعُولٌ