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Form 1شَعَلَتِ النَّارُ6 senses · 3 main
muḍāriʿـَيَفْعَلُmaṣdarشَعْلٌ شَعَلٌ اِشْعِيلَالٌ اِشعِلَالٌ

Core sense — the fire blazed; the horsemen dispersed in a raidgenerated

1.1

See form 8.

1.1.1figurative · مجاز — inferred[the horsemen spread out, or dispersed, in the raid]—شَعَلَتِ الخَيْلُ فِى الغَارَةِ

Quasi-passive of أَشْعَلْتُهَا.

1.1.2figurative · مجاز — inferredhe went far in it—شَعَلَ فِيهِ

Said of an affair.

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1.2

شَعَلَ النَّارَ: see form 4.

1.2.1

And الحَرْبَ: see form 4.

1.3he (a horse) had the whiteness called شَعَلٌ and شُعْلَةٌ—شَعِلَ

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[These are explained below.]

Also اشعالّ, which occurs in poetry with the ا given a vowel, that is اِشْعَأَلَّ; in my copy of the Mgh written اِشْعِلَال. Or اشعلّ; or this last also.

Among the faults in the “Khizánet el-Fik-h” is الإِشْعَالُ, explained as meaning the having a whiteness of the أَشْفَار [or edges of the eyelids].

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: see 8. [Hence,] شَعَلَتِ الخَيْلُ فِى الغَارَةِ [The horsemen became spread or dispersed, or spread or dispersed themselves, in the hostile, or predatory, incursion]; quasi-pass. of أَشْعَلْتُهَا . (Ham p. 715.) And شَعَلَ فِيهِ , aor. شَعَلَ , (K,) inf. n. شَعْلٌ , (TA,) He went far in it; (K;) namely, an affair. (TK.) شَعَلَ النَّارَ : and الحَرْبَ : see 4. شَعِلَ , aor. شَعَلَ , (K,) inf. n. شَعَلٌ , (TA,) He (a horse) had the whiteness termed شَعَلٌ and شُعْلَةٌ [expl. below]; (K;) as also اشعالّ , (Mgh, K, TA,) which occurs in poetry with the ا made movent, i. e. اِشْعَأَلَّ , inf. n. اِشْعِيلَالٌ ; (TA; [in my copy of the Mgh written اِشْعِلَال ;]) or اشعلّ , (S,) or this last also, (TA,) inf. n. اِشعِلَالٌ . (S, TA.) Among the faults in the “ Khizánet el-Fik-h ” is الإِشْعَالُ , [expl. as meaning The having] a whiteness of the أَشْفَار [or edges of the eyelids]. (Mgh.)
Form 2شعّل النَّارَ1 sense

Core sense — he kindled the fire, he made it blazegenerated

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Form 4اشعل النَّارَ9 senses · 2 main
maṣdarشَعْلٌ

Core sense — he kindled the fire; he dispersed the horsemen in a raidgenerated

4.1he kindled the fire; he made it burn up, blaze, or flame—شَعَلَهَا

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And, in an intensive sense, شعّلها, maṣdar تَشْعِيلٌ.

The same as أَضْرَمَهَا, or أَوْقَدَهَا, or أَلْهَيَهَا فِى الحَطَبِ [in the firewood].

4.1.1figurative · مجاز — inferred[I kindled war, or the war; I made it burn fiercely, or rage]—أَشْعَلْتُ الحَرْبَ

And شَعَلْتُهَا, mentioned by Abu-l-ʿAlà.

ʿAmr Ibn-El-Itnábeh says: [They are not persons in whom is no good, nor such as are not firm on their horses: when war is kindled, they make what is slightly burning burn fiercely, and stir it up]

shāhid
لَيْسُوا بِأَنْكَاسٍ وَلَا مِيلٍ إِذَامَا الحَرْبُ شُبَّتْ أَشْعَلُوا بِالشَّاعِلِ

Such may be the meaning: the ب in بالشاعل may be added without adding meaning, and الشاعل may mean as above; or بالشاعل may mean by him who makes it burn fiercely, or by that which does so.

4.1.2figurative · مجازI excited him, or inflamed him, with anger—أَشْعَلْتُهُ غَضَبًا
4.1.3figurative · مجاز — inferredhe smeared his camels much with tar—اشعل إِبِلَهُ بِالقَطِرَانِ

[Tar has a burning effect.] He smeared them all over, and not only the scattered scabs apart from the rest of the body.

4.1.4figurative · مجاز — inferredhe spread out, or dispersed, the horsemen in the raid—اشعل الخَيْلَ فِى الغَارَةِ
[they spread out, or dispersed, themselves, or their horsemen, in the raid]—اشعلوا الغَارَةَ

Mentioned under the root شعو.

I dispersed, or scattered, their congregation—أَشْعَلْتُ جَمْعَهُمْ
he dispersed the camels—اشعل الإِبِلَ

According to Lh.

4.1.5figurative · مجاز — inferredhe made the watering, or the water, abundant—اشعل السَّقْىَ
4.2figurative · مجاز — inferredthe horsemen making a raid became dispersed—أَشْعَلَتِ الغَارَةُ
4.2.1figurative · مجاز — inferredthe spear-wound, or the like, let out its blood scattered—اشعلت الطَّعْنَةُ

So Ibn-ʿAbbád.

the water-skin shed its water in a scattered state—اشعلت القِرْبَةُ
the leathern water-bag shed its water in a scattered state—المَزَادَةُ
the eye shed its tears copiously—اشعلت العَيْنُ
4.2.2

See also form 1, last sentence.

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; (AZ, S, O, Msb, K;) and شَعَلَهَا , (AZ, O, Msb, K,) aor. شَعَلَ , inf. n. شَعْلٌ ; (TA;) and [in an intensive sense] شعّلها , (K,) inf. n. تَشْعِيلٌ ; (TA;) He kindled the fire; or made it to burn up, burn brightly or fiercely, blaze, or flame; syn. أَضْرَمَهَا , (S, O, TA,) or أَوْقَدَهَا , (Msb, by implication,) or أَلْهَيَهَا ; (K, TA;) فِى الحَطَبِ [in the firewood]. (S, O, TA.) [Hence,] one says also, أَشْعَلْتُ الحَرْبَ [I kindled war, or the war; or made it to burn fiercely, or to rage]; and شَعَلْتُهَا ; mentioned by Abu-l-'Alà. (Ham p. 715.) 'Amr Ibn-El-Itnábeh says, 1 (S, O, and Ham ubi suprà,) They are not persons in whom is no good, nor such as are not firm on their horses: [when war is kindled,] they make to burn fiercely, and excite, that which is slightly burning: such may be the meaning; for it may be that the ب in بالشاعل is pleonastically inserted, and الشاعل may mean as above: or بالشاعل may mean by him who makes it to burn fiercely, [as is implied in the S and O,] or by that which does so. (Ham.) لَيْسُوا بِأَنْكَاسٍ وَلَا مِيلٍ إِذَا | مَا الحَرْبُ شُبَّتْ أَشْعَلُوا بِالشَّاعِلِ And أَشْعَلْتُهُ غَضَبًا (O, TA, and Ham p. 194) I excited him, or inflamed him, with anger. (TA.) And اشعل إِبِلَهُ بِالقَطِرَانِ He smeared his camels much with tar; (S, O, K, TA;) [which has a burning effect;] smearing them generally, and not merely the scattered scabs exclusively of the other parts of the body. (TA.) And اشعل الخَيْلَ فِى الغَارَةِ He spread, or dispersed, the horsemen in the hostile, or predatory, incursion: (O, K, TA:) and [in like manner] one says اشعلوا الغَارَةَ [They spread, or dispersed, themselves, or their horsemen, in the hostile, or predatory, incursion]. (S and K in art. شعو .) And أَشْعَلْتُ جَمْعَهُمْ I dispersed or scattered, their congregation. (O, TA.) And اشعل الإِبِلَ He dispersed the camels. (Lh, K, (TA.) And اشعل السَّقْىَ He made [the water-ing or] the water [of the irrigation] abundant. (IAar, K, TA.) أَشْعَلَتِ الغَارَةُ The horsemen making a hostile, or predatory, incursion became dispersed, or dispersed themselves. (S, K.) اشعلت الطَّعْنَةُ The spear-wound, or the like, emitted its blood in a scattered state. (Ibn-'Abbád, O, K.) And اشعلت القِرْبَةُ , and المَزَادَةُ , The water-skin, and the leathern water-bag, shed its water in a scattered state. (S, K.) And اشعلت العَيْنُ The eye shed its tears copiously. (O, K.) See also 1, last sentence.
Form 5تَشَعَّلَ1 sense

Core sense — the fire became kindled, it blazed, or flamedgenerated

5.1

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Form 8اشتعلت النَّارُ3 senses · 1 main

Core sense — the fire became kindled, it blazed, or flamedgenerated

8.1the fire became kindled; it burned up, blazed, or flamed—شَعَلَت

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And, in an intensive sense, تشعّلت.

The same as تَأَجَّجَت, or اِضْطَرَمَت, or تَوَقَّدَت and اِلْتَهَبَت فِى الحَطَبِ [in the firewood].

8.1.1figurative · مجازhe became excited, or inflamed, with anger—اِشْتَعَلَ غَضَبًا

Or: he became filled with rage.

8.1.2figurative · مجازwhiteness of the hair became glistening in the head—اشتعل الشَّيْبُ فِى الرَّأْسِ

Including the hair of the beard.

And اشتعل الرَّأْسَ شَيْبًا, in the Qur'ān 19:3, explained under the root شيب.

Qur’ān 19:4 matched to Lane’s own quotation of it Lane cites “Kur xix. 3”
Qur’ān 19:4 Lane quotes this verse
قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّى وَهَنَ ٱلْعَظْمُ مِنِّى وَٱشْتَعَلَ ٱلرَّأْسُ شَيْبًا وَلَمْ أَكُنۢ بِدُعَآئِكَ رَبِّ شَقِيًّا

Praying: "O my Lord! infirm indeed are my bones, and the hair of my head doth glisten with grey: but never am I unblest, O my Lord, in my prayer to Thee!Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’ān (1934)

Qur’ānic occurrences Form 8
19:4
قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّى وَهَنَ ٱلْعَظْمُ مِنِّى وَٱشْتَعَلَ ٱلرَّأْسُ شَيْبًا وَلَمْ أَكُنۢ بِدُعَآئِكَ رَبِّ شَقِيًّا

Praying: "O my Lord! infirm indeed are my bones, and the hair of my head doth glisten with grey: but never am I unblest, O my Lord, in my prayer to Thee!

Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.

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; (Lh, S, O, Msb, K, TA;) and شَعَلَت , aor. شَعَلَ ; (Msb;) and [in an intensive sense] تشعّلت ; (K, TA;) The fire became kindled; or it burned up, burned brightly or fiercely, blazed, or flamed; syn. تَأَجَّجَت , (Lh, TA,) or اِضْطَرَمَت , (S, O, TA,) or تَوَقَّدَت , (Msb,) and اِلْتَهَبَت ; (K, * TA;) فِى الحَطَبِ [in the firewood]. (Lh, TA.) Hence, اِشْتَعَلَ غَضَبًا He became excited, or inflamed, with anger: (TA:) or he became filled with wrath. (Msb.) Hence also, اشتعل الشَّيْبُ فِى الرَّأْسِ Whiteness of the hair became glistening in the head; including the hair of the beard. (TA.) And اشتعل الرَّأْسَ شَيْبًا [in the Kur xix. 3, expl. in art. شيب ]. (S, Msb.)
Form 9إِشْعَلَّ1 sense

Core sense — he (a horse) had whiteness in the tail or forelockgenerated

9.1

See form 1.

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Form 11إِشْعَاْلَّ2 senses · 1 main
maṣdarاِشْعِيلَالٌ

Core sense — his hair became loosened and ruffled; a horse had white markingsgenerated

11.1

See form 1.

11.1.1his hair became separated, or loosened, and ruffled, or bristling up—اشعالّ رَأْسُهُ

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see 1. اشعالّ رَأْسُهُ , (O, K,) inf. n. اِشْعِيلَالٌ , (TA,) His hair became separated, or loosened, and ruffled, or bristling up. (O, K.)
Form Q. Q. 4اِشْعَأَلَّ1 sense

Core sense — he (a horse) had whiteness in the tail or forelockgenerated

Q. Q. 4.1

See form 1.

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Derived nouns 17

Nounشَعْلٌ1 sense

Core sense — a light, active man, clever and sharpgenerated

1figurative · مجاز — inferred

A man who is light, agile, or active, and clever, ingenious, or sharp; and so مَعْلٌ.

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A man light, agile, or active, and clever, ingenious, acute, or sharp: (O, K:) and so مَعْلٌ . (O, TA.)
Nounشَعَلٌ1 sense

Core sense — a whiteness in a horse's tail or forelockgenerated

1figurative · مجاز — inferreda whiteness in the tail of a horse, in the forelock, and in the قَذَال—شُعْلَةٌ

The headword is the maṣdar of شَعِلَ (see it), and is properly a noun as distinguished from a maṣdar.

The last-mentioned is the place where the عِذَار, that is, each of the two cheek-straps of the headstall, is tied, behind the forelock.

Or in some part of the forelock; or, some say, in a side of it; and sometimes in the قذال, but mostly in the tail.

Or the headword means a whiteness at the end of the tail of a horse.

According to Lth: a whiteness in the forelock and the tail; or, some say, in the head and the forelock.

Or the quality of having such whiteness; the noun for such whiteness itself is شُعْلَةٌ.

Or the headword means a whiteness in the side of the tail.

According to As, شُعْلَةٌ is used of a whiteness of the tail when it mixes with any other colour, and the horse is then said to be بَيِّنُ الشَّعَلِ.

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[inf. n. of شَعِلَ (q. v.)] and شُعْلَةٌ [properly a subst. as distinguished from an inf. n.] A whiteness in the tail of a horse, and the forelock, and the قَذَال [or place where the عِذَار , i. e. each of the two cheek-straps of the headstall, is tied, behind the forelock]: (K:) or in some part of the forelock; or, as some say, in a side thereof: and sometimes in the قذال : but mostly in the tail: (TA:) or the former signifies a whiteness in the extremity of the tail of a horse: or, accord. to Lth, a whiteness in the forelock and the tail: or, as some say, in the head and the forelock: [or the quality of having such whiteness: for it is added that] the subst. [app. signifying such whiteness itself] is شُعْلَةٌ : (Mgh:) or the former, a whiteness in the side of the tail: [or,] accord. to As, شُعْلَةٌ is a term applied to a whiteness of the tail when it intermixes with any other colour; and the horse is said to be بَيِّنُ الشَّعَلِ [i. e. one that exhibits the quality of having such whiteness]. (S.)
Nounشُعْلَةٌ5 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a firebrand; a lighted wick; the flame of firegenerated

1figurative · مجاز — inferred[such a one is a firebrand]—فُلَانٌ شُعْلَةُ نَارٍ

A firebrand; a piece of wood in which fire is kindled; like جِذْوَةٌ, قَيَسٌ, and شِهَابٌ.

What is called شُعْلَةٌ مِنْ نَارٍ is well known.

Plural شُعَلٌ, wrongly said in the K to be like كُتُبٌ.

Er-Rāghib; see also ذَكَآءٌ.

1.1

A lighted wick, as in the present day; or the burnt, or lighted, end of a wick.

Mentioned under قِرَاطٌ; the same meaning is intended in the K, and also under جِذْوَةٌ.

1.2

The flame of fire; and so شُعْلُولٌ.

In the CK شُعُول, as though it were a second plural of شُعْلَةٌ.

1.3the name of a mare of Keys Ibn-Sebáa—شُعْلَةُ

Without ال. She was likened to the kindling of fire because of her swiftness.

1.4

See also شَعَلٌ, in three places.

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A firebrand; a piece of wood in which fire is kindled; (Az, K, * TA;) like جِذْوَةٌ and قَيَسٌ and شِهَابٌ : (Az, TA:) [this is what is meant by its being said that] what is termed شُعْلَةٌ مِنْ نَارٍ [the only indication of the meaning in the S and O] is well known: (Msb:) pl. شُعَلٌ ; (S, O, TA;) erroneously said in the K to be like كُتُبٌ . (TA.) [Hence,] one says, فُلَانٌ شُعْلَةُ نَارٍ [Such a one is a firebrand]. (Er-Rághib, TA voce ذَكَآءٌ , q. v.) And [A lighted wick: so in the present day: (see also شَعِيلَةٌ :) or] the burnt [or lighted] extremity of a wick. (S voce قِرَاطٌ . [And the same meaning is intended there in the K; and also in the TA voce جِذْوَةٌ .]) And The flame of fire; as also شُعْلُولٌ . (K, * TA. [In the CK شُعُول ; as though it were a second pl. of شُعْلَةٌ .]) And شُعْلَةُ , (O, K, TA,) without ال , (K, TA,) is the name of A mare of Keys Ibn-Sebáa; (O, K, TA;) likened to the kindling of fire, because of her swiftness. (TA.) See also شَعَلٌ , in three places.
Nounشُعْلُولٌ2 senses

Core sense — a firebrand; a party, or distinct body, of mengenerated

1

See the entry just before this one.

2

Also a party, division, sect, or distinct body or class, of men and the like.

[See شَعَالِيلُ below.]

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: see the next preceding paragraph. Also A party, division, sect, or distinct body or class, of men &c. (TA.) [See شَعَالِيلُ , below.]
Nounشَعِيلٌ3 senses · 1 main

Core sense — star-like specks of fire in a cooking-pot; a lighted wickgenerated

1

Something like stars, at the bottom of a cooking-pot, and in tinder, or burnt rag, into which fire has fallen.

So Ibn-ʿAbbád.

1.1

See the next entry.

1.2

And see also أَشْعَلُ.

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The like of stars, at the bottom of a cooking-pot; and in tinder, or burnt rag into which fire has fallen. (Ibn-'Abbád, O, TA.) See the next paragraph. And see also أَشْعَلُ .
Nounشَعِيلَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a lighted wickgenerated

1

A lighted wick: a wick with fire in it; a wick soaked with oil or grease, with fire in it, used for giving light, and called by this name only when it is kindled with fire. [See also شُعْلَةٌ.]

Or the fire that is kindled in a wick.

Plural شُعُلٌ, as صُحُفٌ is the plural of صَحِيفَةٌ; the K wrongly gives شَعِيلٌ, which, however, may be correct as a collective noun.

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[A lighted wick; i. e.] a wick in which is fire; (S, O, K;) a wick soaked with oil or grease, in which is fire, used for giving light, and not thus called unless kindled with fire: (TA: [see also شُعْلَةٌ :]) or the fire that is kindled in a wick: (K:) pl. شُعُلٌ , like as صُحُفٌ is pl. of صَحِيفَةٌ ; (T, S, O, TA;) in the K erroneously said to be شَعِيلٌ [which, however, may be correct as a coll. gen. n.]. (TA.)
Nounشَعَالِيلُ1 sense

Core sense — things, or persons, scattered or dispersedgenerated

1[they went away] in a state of dispersion; they dispersed themselves—ذَهَبُوا شَعَالِيلَ

A plural whose singular is apparently شُعْلُولٌ (see it): things, and persons, scattered, or dispersed.

Aboo-Wejzeh says: [Until those of them that had outstripped drew near to him, and there were scattered portions of foam on his two sides]

shāhid
حَتَّى إِذَا مَا دَنَتْ مِنْهُ سَوَابِقُهَاوَلِلُّغَامِ بِعِطْفَيْهِ شَعَالِيلُ

Like شَعَارِيرَ.

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[a pl., of which the sing. is app. شُعْلُولٌ , q. v.; Things, and persons, scattered, or dispersed]. Aboo-Wejzeh says, 1 [Until, or until when, those of them that outstripped approached him, and there were scattered portions of foam upon his two sides]. (TA.) And one says, ذَهَبُوا شَعَالِيلَ , (S, O, K,) like شَعَارِيرَ , i. e., (S, O,) [They went away] in a state of dispersion; (K;) [or] they dispersed themselves, or became dispersed. (S, O.) حَتَّى إِذَا مَا دَنَتْ مِنْهُ سَوَابِقُهَا | وَلِلُّغَامِ بِعِطْفَيْهِ شَعَالِيلُ
Nounشَاعِلٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — burning, or slightly burning; kindlinggenerated

1

As used in the verse cited under form 4, it may be the ism fāʿil of the intransitive verb in the phrase شَعَلَتِ النَّارُ, and so may mean burning, or slightly burning.

Or it means ذُو إِشْعَالٍ [having the quality of kindling], said to be a possessive adjective, like تَامِرٌ and لَابِنٌ, which have no verb; but see the first part of form 4.

Or it may stand for ذُو شَعْلٍ, meaning مُشْعِلٌ; see again form 4.

1.1

See also the next entry.

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as used in a verse cited above (see 4) [may be the part. n. of the intrans. verb in the phrase شَعَلَتِ النَّارُ , and thus] may mean [Burning &c.; or] slightly burning: (Ham p. 715:) [or] it signifies ذُو إِشْعَالٍ [having the quality of kindling, &c.; being said to be a possessive epithet], (S, O, K,) like تَامِرٌ and لَابِنٌ , having no verb: (S, O: [but see 4, first sentence:]) or it may be for ذُو شَعْلٍ , meaning مُشْعِلٌ . (Ham ubi suprà. [See, again, 4.]) See also the next paragraph.
Nounأَشْعَلُ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a horse having whiteness in the tail or forelockgenerated

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A horse having the whiteness called شُعْلَةٌ or شَعَلٌ (see these); and so شَعِيلٌ and شَاعِلٌ.

Feminine of the first, شَعْلَآءُ.

1.1[a blaze on a horse's forehead or face] that takes in one of the eyes—غُرَّةٌ شَعْلَآءُ
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A horse having the whiteness termed شُعْلَةٌ (As, S, Mgh, O, K) or شَعَلٌ [q. v.]; (Mgh, K;) as also شَعِيلٌ and شَاعِلٌ : (O, K:) fem. of the first شَعْلَآءُ . (S, K.) And غُرَّةٌ شَعْلَآءُ [A blaze on a horse's forehead or face] taking in, i. e. including, one of the eyes. (Mgh, TA.)
Nounمَشْعَلٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a lampgenerated

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A lamp of the kind called قِنْدِيلِ (see it).

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See also مَشْعَلَةٌ.

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A [lamp of the kind called] قِنْدِيلِ [q. v.]. (K.) See also مَشْعَلَةٌ .
Nounمُشْعَلٌ1 sense

Core sense — kindled; burning up, blazing, or flaminggenerated

1a fire kindled; burning up, blazing, or flaming—نَارٌ مُشْعَلَةٌ
[such a one came like the fire that is] kindled—جَآءَ فُلاَنٌ كَالحَرِيقِ المُشْعَلِ

on this sense Ism mafʿūl of form 4 (see it).

on this sense See also the next entry.

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[pass. part. n. of 4, q. v.]. One says نَارٌ مُشْعَلَةٌ [A fire kindled, &c.; or] burning up, burning brightly or fiercely, blazing, or flaming. (Lh, TA.) And جَآءَ فُلاَنٌ كَالحَرِيقِ المُشْعَلِ i. e. [Such a one came like the fire that is] kindled, &c. (S, O.) See also the next paragraph.
Nounجَرَادٌ مُشعِلٌ1 sense

Core sense — locusts that are numerous, spreading, and dispersedgenerated

1figurative · مجاز — inferredthey came [like locusts numerous and spreading], coming out from every direction—جَاؤُوا كَالجَرَادِ المُشْعِلِ

Locusts that are numerous and spreading, in a state of dispersion, running in every direction.

Said of an army.

The last word is written thus according to Az, J, and Sgh; Z gives this and also المُشْعَلِ.

[a military force] spreading, or in a state of dispersion—كَتِيبَةٌ مُشْعِلَةٌ
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Locusts that are numerous, (K, TA,) spreading, (S, O,) in a state of dispersion, (K,) running in every direction. (S, O.) One says, (S, O, TA,) of an army, (TA,) جَاؤُوا كَالجَرَادِ المُشْعِلِ (S, O, TA) They came [like locusts numerous and spreading, &c.,] coming forth from every direction: thus the last word is written accord. to Az [and J] and Sgh; and thus, and also المُشْعَلِ , accord. to Z. (TA.) And كَتِيبَةٌ مُشْعِلَةٌ [A military force] spreading, or in a state of dispersion. (S, O.)
Nounمِشْعَلٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a vessel of sewn skins in which drink is prepared; a strainergenerated

1he drank the quantity that filled a مِشْعَل of نَبِيذ—شَرِبَ مِشْعَلًا

A thing used by the Arabs of the desert, made of skins sewn together, like the نِطَع (see it), with four wooden legs to which it is bound, so that it becomes like a watering-trough; the drink called نَبِيذ is prepared in it, because they generally have no jars.

Also called مِشْعَالٌ; plural مَشَاعِلُ.

Occurring in a tradition.

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Also the same as مِصْفَاةٌ, a clarifier, or strainer, for wine and the like; plural as above.

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A certain thing, (S, O, K,) used by the Arabs of the desert, (S, O,) made of skins (S, O, K) sewed together, like the نِطَع [q. v.], (S, O,) having four legs (S, O, K) of wood, to which it is bound, so that it becomes like the wateringtrough; (S, O;) [the beverage called] نَبِيذ is prepared in it, (S, O, K,) because [generally] they have not jars: (S, O:) also called مِشْعَالٌ : (O, K:) pl. مَشَاعِلُ . (S, O.) شَرِبَ مِشْعَلًا occurs in a trad. [as meaning He drank the quantity that filled a مِشْعَل of نَبِيذ ]. (O.) Also i. q. مِصْفَاةٌ [A clarifier, or strainer, for wine &c.]: (O, K:) pl. as above. (TA.)
Nounمَشعَلَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a cresset, a large support for a lightgenerated

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A particular sort of large support for a light: a kind of cresset, made of a staff with a cylindrical iron frame at the top which is filled with flaming pine-wood or the like, or with tarred rags; sometimes it has two, three, four, or five such receptacles for fire. It is carried before travellers and others at night, and is called by this name today, and, more commonly, مَشْعَل.

Two cressets of this sort are pictured in my “Modern Egyptians,” ch. 6; see also مَشَاعِلِىٌّ below.

Also explained as the place in which fire is kindled — a loose explanation, meaning a cresset.

What is so called is the thing whose plural is مَشَاعِلُ; according to El-Wáhidee it is مِشْعَلَةٌ, for he says that المشعلة, with kesreh to the م, means the instrument in which fire is carried.

And مَشْعلة, with fet-ḥah over the نار, means fire kindled, or made to burn up, blaze, or flame; the same as موقدة موقدة.

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A particular sort of large support for a light: (KL:) [i. e. a sort of cresset, consisting of a staff with a cylindrical frame of iron at the top which is filled with flaming pine-wood or the like or tarred rags, or, as is sometimes the case, having two, three, four, or five, of these receptacles for fire: it is borne before travellers and others at night; and is thus called in the present day, and also, more commonly, مَشْعَل : (two cressets of the sort thus called are figured in my “ Modern Egyptians, ” ch. vi.: see also مَشَاعِلِىٌّ , below:)] the place in which fire is kindled: (TA: [a loose explanation, meaning a cresset:]) what is thus called is the thing of which the pl. is مَشَاعِلُ : (S, O:) [accord. to El-Wáhidee, it is مِشْعَلَةٌ ; for he says that] المشعلة with kesr to the م means the instrument in which fire is carried: and مَشْعلة [thus, with a fet-hah over the نار ,] means fire kindled; or made to burn up, burn brightly or fiercely, blaze, or flame; syn. موقدة موقدة . (W p. 51.)
Nounمِشْعَلَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a cresset, a large support for a lightgenerated

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See the entry just before this one.

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: see the next preceding paragraph.
Nounمِشْعَالٌ1 sense

Core sense — a vessel of sewn skins in which drink is preparedgenerated

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See مِشْعَلٌ.

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: see مِشْعَلٌ .
Nounمَشَاعِلِىٌّ1 sense

Core sense — one who bears a cressetgenerated

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A relative noun formed from مَشَاعِلُ, plural of مَشْعَلَةٌ, which is an ism waḥda whose collective noun is مَشَاعِلِيَّةٌ.

A bearer of the cresset called مَشْعَلَة; hence also applied to a nightman; and hence to a cleanser of wells, a scavenger or remover of offal and the like, and an executioner.

See De Sacy's Chrest. Arabe, second ed., 1. 201–203; and Quatremère's “Hist. des Sultans Mamlouks,” second part, 4 and 5.

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[ , a rel. n. formed from مَشَاعِلُ pl. of مَشْعَلَةٌ , is a n. un. of which the coll. gen. n. is مَشَاعِلِيَّةٌ , and signifies A bearer of the cresset called مَشْعَلَة : hence applied also to a nightman: and hence, to a cleanser of wells: a scavenger; or remover of offal and the like: and to an executioner. (See De Sacy's Chrest. Arabe, sec. ed., i. 201 — 203; and Quatremère's “ Hist. des Sultans Mamlouks, ” sec. part, 4 and 5.)]