واسِطٌ:
في عدة مواضع: نبدأ أولا بواسط الحجاج لأنه أعظمها وأشهرها ثم نتبعها الباقي، فأوّل ما نذكر لم سميت واسطا ولم صرفت: فأما تسميتها فلأنها متوسطة بين البصرة والكوفة لأن منها إلى كل واحدة منهما خمسين فرسخا، لا قول فيه غير ذلك إلا ما ذهب إليه بعض أهل اللغة حكاية عن الكلبي أنه كان قبل عمارة واسط هناك موضع يسمّى واسط قصب، فلما عمّر الحجاج مدينته سمّاها باسمها، والله أعلم، قال المنجمون: طول واسط إحدى وسبعون درجة وثلثان، وعرضها اثنتان وثلاثون درجة وثلث، وهي في الإقليم الثالث، قال أبو حاتم:
واسط التي بنجد والجزيرة يصرف ولا يصرف، وأما واسط البلد المعروف فمذكّر لأنهم أرادوا بلدا واسطا أو مكانا واسطا فهو منصرف على كل حال والدليل على ذلك قولهم واسطا بالتذكير ولو ذهب به إلى التأنيث لقالوا واسط، قالوا: وقد يذهب به مذهب البقعة والمدينة فيترك صرفه، وأنشد سيبويه في ترك الصرف:
منهنّ أيام صدق قد عرفت بها ... أيام واسط والأيام من هجرا
ولقائل أن يقول: إنه لم يرد واسط هذه، فيرجع إلى
ما قاله أبو حاتم، قال الأسود: وأخبرني أبو النّدى قال: إن للعرب سبعة أواسط: واسط نجد، وهو الذي ذكره خداش بن زهير حيث قال:
عفا واسط كلّاؤه فمحاضره ... إلى حيث نهيا سيله فصدائره
وواسط الحجاز، وهو الذي ذكره كثيّر فقال:
أجدّوا فأما أهل عزّة غدوة ... فبانوا وأما واسط فمقيم
وواسط الجزيرة، قال الأخطل:
كذبتك عينك أم رأيت بواسط ... غلس الظلام من الرّباب خيالا؟
وقال أيضا:
عفا واسط من أهل رضوى فنبتل ... فمجتمع الحرّين فالصبر أجمل
وواسط اليمامة، وهو الذي ذكره الأعشى، وواسط العراق، قال: وقد نسيت اثنين، وأول أعمال واسط من شرقي دجلة فم الصلح ومن الجانب الغربي زرفامية، وآخر أعمالها من ناحية الجنوب البطائح وعرضها الخيثمية المتصلة بأعمال باروسما وعرضها من ناحية الجانب الشرقي عند أعمال الطيب، وقال يحيى بن مهدي بن كلال: شرع الحجاج في عمارة واسط في سنة 84 وفرغ منها في سنة 86 فكان عمارتها في عامين في العام الذي مات فيه عبد الملك بن مروان، ولما فرغ منها كتب إلى عبد الملك: إني اتخذت مدينة في كرش من الأرض بين الجبل والمصرين وسمّيتها واسطا، فلذلك سمّي أهل واسط الكرشيّين، وقال الأصمعي: وجّه الحجاج الأطبّاء ليختاروا له موضعا حتى يبني فيه مدينة فذهبوا يطلبون ما بين عين التمر إلى البحر وجوّلوا العراق ورجعوا وقالوا: ما أصبنا مكانا أوفق من موضعك هذا في خفوف الريح وأنف البرّيّة، وكان الحجاج قبل اتخاذه واسطا أراد نزول الصين من كسكر وحفر بها نهر الصين وجمع له الفعلة ثم بدا له فعمّر واسطا ثم نزل واحتفر النيل والزاب وسمّاه زابا لأخذه من الزاب القديم وأحيا ما على هذين النهرين من الأرضين ومصر مدينة النيل، وقال قوم: إن الحجاج لما فرغ من حروبه استوطن الكوفة فآنس منهم الملال والبغض له، فقال لرجل ممن يثق بعقله:
امض وابتغ لي موضعا في كرش من الأرض أبني فيه مدينة وليكن على نهر جار، فأقبل ملتمسا ذلك حتى سار إلى قرية فوق واسط بيسير يقال لها واسط القصب فبات بها واستطاب ليلها واستعذب أنهارها واستمرأ طعامها وشرابها فقال: كم بين هذا الموضع والكوفة؟ فقيل له: أربعون فرسخا، قال: فإلى المدائن؟ قالوا: أربعون فرسخا، قال: فإلى الأهواز؟ قالوا: أربعون فرسخا، قال: فللبصرة؟
قالوا: أربعون فرسخا، قال: هذا موضع متوسط، فكتب إلى الحجاج بالخبر ومدح له الموضع، فكتب إليه: اشتر لي موضعا ابني فيه مدينة، وكان موضع واسط لرجل من الدهاقين يقال له داوردان فساومه بالموضع فقال له الدهقان: ما يصلح هذا الموضع للأمير، فقال: لم؟ فقال: أخبرك عنه بثلاث خصال تخبره بها ثم الأمر إليه، قال: وما هي؟ قال: هذه بلاد سبخة البناء لا يثبت فيها، وهي شديدة الحرّ والسموم وإن الطائر لا يطير في الجوّ إلا ويسقط لشدّة الحر ميتا، وهي بلاد أعمار أهلها قليلة، قال: فكتب بذلك إلى الحجاج، فقال: هذا رجل يكره مجاورتنا فأعلمه أنّا سنحفر بها الأنهار ونكثر من البناء والغرس فيها ومن الزرع حتى تعذو وتطيب، وأما
قوله إنها سبخة وإن البناء لا يثبت فيها فسنحكمه ثم نرحل عنه فيصير لغيرنا، وأما قلة أعمار أهلها فهذا شيء إلى الله تعالى لا إلينا، وأعلمه أننا نحسن مجاورتنا له ونقضي ذمامه بإحساننا إليه، قال: فابتاع الموضع من الدهقان وابتدأ في البناء في أول سنة 83 واستتمه في سنة 86 ومات في سنة 95.
وحدّث عليّ بن حرب الموصلي عن أبي البختري وهب عن عمرو بن كعب بن الحارث الحارثي قال:
سمعت خالي يحيى بن الموفق يحدث عن مسعدة بن صدقة العبدي قال: أنبأنا عبد الله بن عبد الرحمن حدثنا سماك بن حرب قال: استعملني الحجاج بن يوسف على ناحية بادوريا، فبينما أنا يوما على شاطئ دجلة ومعي صاحب لي إذا أنا برجل على فرس من الجانب الآخر فصاح باسمي واسم أبي، فقلت: ما تشاء؟ فقال: الويل لأهل مدينة تبنى ههنا، ليقتلنّ فيها ظلما سبعون ألفا! كرّر ذلك ثلاث مرّات ثم أقحم فرسه في دجلة حتى غاب في الماء، فلما كان من قابل ساقني القضاء إلى ذلك الموضع فإذا أنا برجل على فرس فصاح بي كما صاح في المرّة الأولى وقال كما قال وزاد: سيقتل من حولها ما يستقلّ الحصى لعددهم، ثم أقحم فرسه في الماء حتى غاب، قال: وكانوا يرون أنها واسط وما قتل الحجاج فيها، وقيل إنه أحصي في محبس الحجاج ثلاثة وثلاثون ألف إنسان لم يحبسوا في دم ولا تبعة ولا دين وأحصي من قتله صبرا فبلغوا مائة وعشرين ألفا، ونقل الحجاج إلى قصره والمسجد الجامع أبوابا من الزند ورد والدّوقرة ودير ماسرجيس وسرابيط فضجّ أهل هذه المدن وقالوا:
قد غصبتنا على مدائننا وأموالنا، فلم يلتفت إلى قولهم، قالوا: وأنفق الحجاج على بناء قصره والجامع والخندقين والسور ثلاثة وأربعين ألف ألف درهم، فقال له كاتبه صالح بن عبد الرحمن: هذه نفقة كثيرة وإن احتسبها لك أمير المؤمنين وجد في نفسه، قال: فما نصنع؟
قال: الحروب لها أجمل، فاحتسب منها في الحروب بأربعة وثلاثين ألف ألف درهم واحتسب في البناء تسعة آلاف ألف درهم، قال: ولما فرغ منه وسكنه أعجبه إعجابا شديدا، فبينما هم ذات يوم في مجلسه إذ أتاه بعض خدمه فأخبره أن جارية من جواريه وقد كان مائلا إليها قد أصابها لمم فغمّه ذلك ووجّه إلى الكوفة في إشخاص عبد الله بن هلال الذي يقال له صديق إبليس، فلما قدم عليه أخبره بذلك فقال: أنا أحل السحر عنها، فقال له: افعل، فلما زال ما كان بها قال الحجاج: ويحك إني أخاف أن يكون هذا القصر محتضرا! فقال له: أنا أصنع فيه شيئا فلا ترى ما تكرهه، فلما كان بعد ثلاثة أيام جاء عبد الله بن هلال يخطر بين الصفين وفي يده قلّة مختومة فقال: أيها الأمير تأمر بالقصر أن يمسح ثم تدفن هذه القلة في وسطه فلا ترى فيه ما تكرهه أبدا، فقال الحجاج له: يا ابن هلال وما علامة ذلك؟ قال:
أن يأمر الأمير برجل من أصحابه بعد آخر من أشداء أصحابه حتى يأتي على عشرة منهم فليجهدوا أن يستقلوا بها من الأرض فإنهم لا يقدرون، فأمر الحجاج محضره بذلك فكان كما قال ابن هلال، وكان بين يدي الحجاج مخصرة فوضعها في عروة القلة ثم قال:
بسم الله الرّحمن الرّحيم، إن ربكم الله الذي خلق السموات والأرض في ستة أيام ثم استوى على العرش، ثم شال القلة فارتفعت على المخصرة فوضعها ثم فكّر منكّسا رأسه ساعة ثم التفت إلى عبد الله بن هلال فقال له: خذ قلتك والحق بأهلك، قال: ولم؟ قال:
إن هذا القصر سيخرب بعدي وينزله غيري ويختفر محتفر فيجد هذه القلة فيقول لعن الله الحجاج إنما كان
يبدأ أمره بالسحر، قال: فأخذها ولحق بأهله، قالوا: وكان ذرع قصره أربعمائة في مثلها وذرع مسجد الجامع مائتين في مائتين وصف الرحبة التي تلي صفّ الحدّادين ثلاثمائة في ثلاثمائة وذرع الرحبة التي تلي الجزّارين والحوض ثلاثمائة في مائة والرحبة التي تلي الإضمار مائتين في مائة، وكان محمد بن القاسم مقلد الهند والسند فأهدى إلى الحجاج فيلا فحمل من البطائح في سفينة فلما صار بواسط أخرج في المشرعة التي تدعى مشرعة الفيل فسميت به إلى الساعة، ولما فرغ الحجاج من بناء واسط أمر بإخراج كل نبطيّ بها وقال: لا يدخلون مدينتي فإنهم مفسدة، فلما مات دخلوها عن قريب، وذكر الحجاج عند عبد الوهاب الثقفي بسوء فغضب وقال: إنما تذكرون المساوي، أوما تعلمون أنه أول من ضرب درهما عليه لا إله إلا الله محمد رسول الله وأول من بنى مدينة بعد الصحابة في الإسلام وأول من اتخذ المحامل، وأن امرأة من المسلمين سبيت بالهند فنادت يا حجاجاه فاتصل به ذلك فجعل يقول:
لبيك لبيك! وأنفق سبعة آلاف ألف درهم حتى افتتح الهند واستنقذ المرأة وأحسن إليها واتخذ المناظر بينه وبين قزوين، وكان إذا دخّن أهل قزوين دخّنت المناظر إن كان نهارا، وإن كان ليلا أشعلوا نيرانا فتجرّد الخيل إليهم فكانت المناظر متصلة بين قزوين وواسط فكانت قزوين ثغرا حينئذ. وأما قولهم تغافل واسطيّ قال المبرّد: سألت الثوري عنه فقال: إن الحجاج لما بناها قال: بنيت مدينة في كرش من الأرض، كما قدمنا، فسمي أهلها الكرشيّين، فكان إذا مر أحدهم بالبصرة نادوا يا كرشيّ فتغافل عن ذلك ويري أنه لا يسمع أو أن الخطاب ليس معه، ولقد جاءني بخوارزم أحد أعيان أدبائها وسألني عن هذا المثل وقال لي:
قد أطلت السؤال عنه والتفتيش عن معنى قولهم: تغافل واسطي، فلم أظفر به، ولم يكن لي في ذلك الوقت به علم حتى وجدته بعد ذلك فأخبرته ثم وضعته أنا ههنا، ورأيت أنا واسطا مرارا فوجدتها بلدة عظيمة ذات رساتيق وقرى كثيرة وبساتين ونخيل يفوت الحصر، وكان الرخص موجودا فيها من جميع الأشياء ما لا يوصف بحيث أني رأيت فيها كوز زبد بدرهمين واثنتي عشرة دجاجة بدرهم وأربعة وعشرين فروجا بدرهم والسمن اثنا عشر رطلا بدرهم والخبز أربعون رطلا بدرهم واللبن مائة وخمسون رطلا بدرهم والسمك مائة رطل بدرهم وجميع ما فيها بهذه النسبة، وممن ينسب إليها خلف بن محمد بن علي ابن حمدون أبو محمد الواسطي الحافظ صاحب كتاب أطراف أحاديث صحيحي البخاري ومسلم، حدث عن أحمد بن جعفر القطيعي والحسين بن أحمد المديني وأبي بكر الإسماعيلي وغيرهم، روى عنه الحاكم أبو عبد الله وأبو نعيم الأصبهاني وغيرهما، وأنشدني التنوخي للفضل الرقاشي يقول:
تركت عيادتي ونسيت برّي، ... وقدما كنت بي برّا حفيّا
فما هذا التغافل يا ابن عيسى؟ ... أظنّك صرت بعدي واسطيّا
وأنشدني أحمد بن عبد الرحمن الواسطي التاجر قال:
أنشدني أبو شجاع بن دوّاس القنا لنفسه:
يا ربّ يوم مرّ بي في واسط ... جمع المسرة ليله ونهاره
مع أغيد خنث الدلال مهفهف ... قد كاد يقطع خصره زنّاره
وقميص دجلة بالنسيم مفرّك ... كسر تجرّ ذيوله أقطاره
وأنشدني أيضا لأبي الفتح المانداني الواسطي:
عرّج على غربيّ واسط إنني ... دائي الدويّ بها وفرط سقامي
وطني وما قضّيت فيه لبانتي، ... ورحلت عنه وما قضيت مرامي
وقال بشار بن برد يهجو واسطا:
على واسط من ربها ألف لعنة، ... وتسعة آلاف على أهل واسط
أيلتمس المعروف من أهل واسط ... وواسط مأوى كلّ علج وساقط؟
نبيط وأعلاج وخوز تجمّعوا ... شرار عباد الله من كل غائط
وإني لأرجو أن أنال بشتمهم ... من الله أجرا مثل أجر المرابط
وقال غيره يهجوهم:
يا واسطيين اعلموا أنني ... بذمّكم دون الورى مولع
ما فيكم كلكم واحد ... يعطي ولا واحدة تمنع
وقال محمد بن الأجلّ هبة الله بن محمد بن الوزير أبي المعالي بن المطلب يلقب بالجرد يذكر واسطا:
لله واسط ما أشهى المقام بها ... إلى فؤادي وأحلاه إذا ذكرا!
لا عيب فيها، ولله الكمال، سوى ... أنّ النسيم بها يفسو إذا خطر!
وواسط أيضا: قرية متوسطة بين بطن مرّ ووادي نخلة ذات نخيل، قال لي صديقنا الحافظ أبو عبد الله محمد بن محمود النجار: كنت ببطن مرّ فرأيت نخلا عن بعد فسألت عنه فقيل لي هذه قرية يقال لها واسط، وقال بعض شعراء الأعراب يذكر واسطا في بلادهم:
ألا أيها الصّمد الذي كان مرّة ... تحلّل سقّيت الأهاضيب من صمد
ومن وطن لم تسكن النفس بعده ... إلى وطن في قرب عهد ولا بعد
ومنزلتي دلقاء من بطن واسط ... ومن ذي سليل كيف حالكما بعدي
تتابع أمطار الربيع عليكما، ... أما لكما بالمالكية من عهد؟
وواسط أيضا: قرية مشهورة ببلخ، قال إبراهيم ابن أحمد السراج: حدثنا محمد بن إبراهيم المستملي بحديث ذكره محمد بن محمد بن إبراهيم الواسطي واسط بلخ، قال أبو إسحاق المستملي في تاريخ بلخ:
نور بن محمد بن علي الواسطي واسط بلخ وبشير بن ميمون أبو صيفي من واسط بلخ عن عبيد المكتب وغيره حدث عنه قتيبة، وقال أبو عبيدة في شرح قول الأعشى:
في مجدل شيّد بنيانه ... يزلّ عنه ظفر الطائر
مجدل: حصن لبني السّمين من بني حنيفة يقال له واسط.
واسط أيضا: قرية بحلب قرب بزاعة مشهورة عندهم وبالقرب منها قرية يقال لها الكوفة.
وواسط أيضا: قرية بالخابور قرب قرقيسيا، وإياها عنى الأخطل فيما أحسب لأن الجزيرة منازل تغلب:
عفا واسط من أهل رضوى فنبتل وواسط أيضا: بدجيل على ثلاثة فراسخ من بغداد، قال الحافظ أبو موسى: سمعت أبا عبد الله يحيى بن
أبي علي البنّاء ببغداد، حدثني القاضي أبو عبد الله محمد ابن أحمد بن شاده الأصبهاني ثم الواسطي، واسط دجيل على ثلاثة فراسخ من بغداد، ومحمد بن عمر بن علي العطار الحربي ثم الواسطي واسط دجيل، روى عن محمد بن ناصر السلامي، روى عنه جماعة، منهم:
محمد بن عبد الغني بن نقطة.
واسط الرّقّة: كان أول من استحدثها هشام بن عبد الملك لما حفر الهنيّ والمريّ، قال أبو الفضل قال أبو علي صاحب تاريخ الرقة: سعيد بن أبي سعيد الواسطي واسم أبيه مسلمة بن ثابت خراسانيّ سكن واسط الرقة وكان شيخا صالحا، حدث أبوه مسلمة عن شريك وغيره، قال أبو علي:
سمعت الميمون يقول ذكروا أن الزهري لما قدم واسط الرقة عبر إليه سبعة من أهل الرقة، وذكر قصة، وواسط هذه: قرية غربي الفرات مقابل الرقة، وقال أبو حاتم: واسط بالجزيرة فهي هذه أو التي بقرقيسيا أو غيرها، قال كثيّر عزة:
سألت حكيما أين شطّت بها النوى، ... فخبّرني ما لا أحبّ حكيم
أجدّوا، فأما آل عزّة غدوة ... فبانوا وأما واسط فمقيم
فما للنوى؟ لا بارك الله في النوى! ... وعهد النوى عند الفراق ذميم
شهدت لئن كان الفؤاد من النوى ... معنّى سقيما إنني لسقيم
فإمّا تريني اليوم أبدي جلادة ... فإني لعمري تحت ذاك كليم
وما ظعنت طوعا ولكن أزالها ... زمان بنا بالصالحين غشوم
فوا حزني لمّا تفرّق واسط ... وأهل التي أهذي بها وأحوم!
قال محمد بن حبيب: واسط هذه بناحية الرقة، قاله في شرح ديوان كثير، وأنا أرى أنه أراد واسط التي بالحجاز أو بنجد بلا شك ولكن علينا أن ننقل عن الأئمة ما يقولونه، والله أعلم، وقال ابن السكيت في قول كثير أيضا:
فإذا غشيت لها ببرقة واسط ... فلوى لبينة منزلا أبكاني
قال واسط بين العذيبة والصفراء.
وواسط أيضا: من منازل بني قشير لبني أسيدة وهم بنو مالك بن سلمة بن قشير وأسيدة وحيدة من بني سعد بن زيد مناة، وبنو أسيدة يقولون هي عربية.
وواسط أيضا: بمكة، وذكر محمد بن إسحاق الفاكهي في كتاب مكة قال: واسط قرن كان أسفل من جمرة العقبة بين المأزمين فضرب حتى ذهب، قال: ويقال له واسط لأنه بين الجبلين اللذين دون العقبة، قال:
وقال بعض المكيين بل تلك الناحية من بركة القسري إلى العقبة تسمى واسط المقيم، ووقف عبد المجيد بن أبي روّاد بأحمد بن ميسرة على واسط في طريق منى فقال له: هذا واسط الذي يقول فيه كثير عزّة:
... وأما واسط فمقيم وقد ذكر، وقال ابن إدريس قال الحميدي: واسط الجبل الذي يجلس عنده المساكين إذا ذهبت إلى منى، قاله في شرح قول عمرو بن الحارث بن مضاض الجرهمي في قصيدته التي أولها:
كأن لم يكن بين الحجون إلى الصفا
ولم يتربّع واسطا وجنوبه ... إلى المنحنى من ذي الأراكة حاضر
وأبدلنا ربي بها دار غربة ... بها الجوع باد والعدوّ محاصر
قال السهيلي في شرح السيرة قال الفاكهي: يقال إن أول من شهده وضرب فيه قبّة خالصة مولاة الخيزران.
وواسط أيضا: بالأندلس بليدة من أعمال قبرة، قال ابن بشكوال: أحمد بن ثابت بن أبي الجهم الواسطي ينسب إلى واسط قبرة، سكن قرطبة، يكنى أبا عمر، روى عن أبي محمد الأصيلي وكان يتولى القراءة عليه، حدث عنه أبو عبد الله بن ديباج ووصفه بالخير والصلاح، قال ابن حبّان: توفي الواسطي في جمادي الآخرة سنة 437 وكفّ بصره.
وواسط أيضا: قرية كانت قبل واسط في موضعها خرّبها الحجاج، وكانت واسط هذه تسمى واسط القصب، وقد ذكرتها مع واسط الحجاج، قال ابن الكلبي:
كان بالقرب من واسط موضع يسمى واسط القصب هي التي بناها الحجاج أولا قبل أن يبني واسط هذه التي تدعى اليوم واسطا ثم بنى هذه فسماها واسطا بها.
وواسط أيضا: قرية قرب مطيراباذ قرب حلّة بني مزيد يقال لها واسط مرزاباذ، قال أبو الفضل: أنشدنا أبو عبد الله أحمد الواسطي، واسط هذه القرية، قال:
أنشدنا أبو النجم عيسى بن فاتك الواسطي من هذه القرية لنفسه من قصيدة يمدح بعض العمّال:
وما على قدره شكرت له، ... لكنّ شكري له على قدري
لأن شكري السّهى وأنعمه ال ... بدر، وأين السهى من البدر!
وواسط أيضا قال العمراني: واسط مواضع في بلاد بني تميم، وهي التي أرادها ذو الرمة بقوله:
غربيّ واسط نها ... ومجّت في الكثيب الأباطح [1]
وقال ابن دريد: واسط مواضع بنجد، ولعلها التي قبلها، والله أعلم.
وواسط أيضا: قرية في شرقي دجلة الموصل بينهما ميلان ذات بساتين كثيرة.
وواسط أيضا: قرية بالفرج من نواحي الموصل بين مرق وعين الرّصد أو بين مرق والمجاهدية، فإني نسيت هذا المقدار.
وواسط أيضا: باليمن بسواحل زبيد قرب العنبرة التي خرج منها علي بن مهدي المستولي على اليمن.

قنطر

Q. 1 قَنْطَرَ الشّىْءِ i. q. عَقَدَهُ وَأَحْكَمَهُ [He tied, or knit, the thing; or, agreeably with modern usage, he arched, or vaulted, it; and made it firm, or strong]. (Zj.) Hence what is called a قَنْطَرَة is thus called because of its being firmly, or strongly, knit together, or arched, or vaulted, لِإِحْكَامِ عَقْدِهَا. (MF.) [It seems to signify He compacted the thing. b2: Also, He collected the thing together into one aggregate; he aggregated it. See the pass. part. n., below.]

A2: قَنْطَرَ He (a man, TA) possessed property by the قِنْطَار: (K:) or became possessed of a قنطار of property: (TA:) or possessed large property, as though it were weighed by the قنطار. (ISd, TA.) 2 تَقَنْطَرَ بِهِ فَرَسُهُ, for تَقَطَّرَ به: see قَطَّرَهُ.

قَنْطَرَةٌ [accord. to the Msb, of the measure فَنْعَلَةٌ, belonging to art. قطر, the ن being augmentative; and the same is perhaps meant to be indicated by the place in which it is mentioned in the S and some other lexicons; but accord. to the K, the ن is a radical letter; A bridge;] what is built over water, for crossing or passing over (Mgh, Msb) upon it; (Msb;) an أَزَج [or oblong arched or vaulted structure], built with backed bricks or with stones, over water, upon which to cross or pass over: (Az, TA:) or i. q. جِسْرٌ: (S, K:) or this latter is a more common term; (Mgh, * Msb;) for it signifies that which is built and that which is not built: (Msb:) a lofty structure: (K:) [pl. قَنَاطِرُ.] See 1.

قِنْطَارٌ [accord. to the Msb, of the measure فِنْعَالٌ, belonging to art. قطر, the ن being augmentative; and the same is perhaps meant to be indicated by the place in which it is mentioned in the S and some other lexicons; but accord. to the K, the ن is a radical letter;] A certain مِعْيَار [or standard of weight or measure]: (S, TA:) or, accord. to some, a quantity of no determinate weight: (Msb:) or a large unknown quantity or aggregate, of property: (TA:) or much property heaped up: (Msb:) or four thousand deenárs: (Th, Msb:) this is what most of the Arabs hold to be the truth: (Th:) or four thousand dirhems: (Th:) or one thousand two hundred ookeeyehs: (A 'Obeyd, S, K:) so accord. to Mo'ádh Ibn-Jebel: (S:) or [which is the same] a hundred ritls: (Msb:) [this is its weight in the present day; i. e., a hundredweight, or a hundred pounds:] or a hundred ritls of gold or of silver: (Es-Suddee, K:) or a hundred and twenty ritls: (S, L:) or a thousand ookeeyehs of gold: or of silver: (Th:) or twelve thousand ookeeyehs, accord. to Aboo-Hureyreh, on the authority of the Prophet: (TA:) or a hundred ookeeyehs of gold: or of silver: (Th:) or a hundred mithkáls; (I 'Ab, Msb, TA;) the mith-kál being twenty keeráts: (I 'Ab, TA:) or forty ookeeyehs of gold: (K:) or one thousand two hundred deenárs: (K:) or one thousand one hundred deenárs: (L:) or seventy thousand deenárs: (K:) or, in the language of Barbar, a thousand mithkáls of gold or of silver: (TA:) or eighty thousand dirhems: (I 'Ab, K:) or a hundred dirhems: (Msb:) or a hundred menns: (Msb:) or a quantity of gold, (S, K,) or of silver, (K,) sufficient to fill a bull's hide: (S, K:) so in the Syriac language, accord. to Es-Suddee: (TA:) and there are other definitions of the word: (S:) pl. قَنَاطِيرُ. (S.) مُقَنْطَرٌ Collected together into one aggregate; aggregated; made up; or completed; syn. مُكَمَّلٌ. (K.) You say قَنَاطِيرُ مُقَنْطَرَةٌ, (S,) meaning, Much riches collected together: (Jel. in iii. 12:) the latter word is a corroborative. (Bd. ibid.) قنع قنف See Supplement

قط

1 قَطَّهُ, aor. ـُ (S, M,) inf. n. قَطٌّ, (M, K,) He cut it, in a general sense: (M, K:) or he cut it, meaning a hard thing, such as a حُقّة [or box], (Lth, M, K,) and the like, (M,) in a good form, or fashion, like as a man cuts a reed upon a bone; (Lth;) and ↓ تَقْطِيطٌ, also, [inf. n. of قطّطهُ,] signifies the cutting a حُقَّة, (K, TA,) and making it even: (TA:) or قَطَّهُ signifies he cut it breadthwise, across, or crosswise; (S, M, O, K;) he so separated it; (Kh, S;) opposed to قَدَّهُ, (S, TA,) which signifies he cut it in halves lengthwise, like as one cuts a strap or thong: (TA:) and ↓ اقتطّهُ signifies the same. (M, K. *) You say, قَطَّ القَلَمَ, (S, Msb,) aor. as above, (K,) and so the inf. n., (Msb,) He nibbed the reed for writing; cut off its head breadthwise, across, or crosswise. (S, * Msb.) And قَطَّ البَيْطَارُ حَافِرَ الدَّابَّةِ The farrier pared, and made even, the hoof of the beast of carriage. (TA.) A2: قَططَ الشَّعَرُ, (S, M, K,) with the reduplication made manifest, (S, M,) and قَطَّ, aor. ـَ (M, Msb, K,) and, of the latter, يَقُطُّ also, [contr. to the general rule,] (Msb,) inf. n., of the former, قَطٌّ, (M, TA,) which is extr., (M,) and of the latter, (M, TA,) قَطَطٌ and قَطَاطَةٌ, (M, K,) The hair was, or became, [frizzled, or] very crisp, very curly, or much twisted, and contracted: (S, * Msb:) or like that of the زَنْجِىّ: (Msb:) or crisp, curly, or twisted, and contracted, and short. (M, K.) A3: قَطَّ السِّعْرُ, (S, M, Msb, K,) aor. ـِ (S, K,) with kesr, (S, TA,) or يَقُطُّ, (M, Msb,) the verb being co-ordinate to قَتَلَ, [contr. to the general rule,] (Msb) inf. n. قَطٌّ (S, M, Msb, K) and قُطُوطٌ; (M, K;) as also قُطَّ, with damm; (Fr, K;) The price was, or became, dear, (S, M, Msb, K,) and high: (Msb:) Sh thought this explanation to be wrong, and the meaning to be the price flagged; but Az says, that in this he was mistaken. (TA.) b2: قَطَّ اللّٰهُ السِّعْرَ God made the price to be, or become, dear. (Fr. TA.) 2 قَطَّّ see 1, first sentence.7 انقطّ quasi-pass. of قَطَّهُ as explained in the first sentence of this art.; It was, or became, cut; &c.; and so ↓ اقتطّ. (M, TA.) 8 إِقْتَطَ3َ see 1, first sentence: and see also 7.

R. Q. 1 قَطْقَطَتِ السَّمَآءُ The sky let fall rain, (Az, S, M,) or hail, (M,) such as is termed قِطْقِطٌ: (Az, S, M:) or the sky rained. (K.) قَطْ, signifying حَسْبُ, [explained in exs. here following,] (Lth, S, M, Msb, Mughnee, K,) i. e., (S,) denoting the being satisfied, or content, (Sb, S, M, Msb,) with a thing, (Msb,) is thus written, with fet-h to the ق, and with the ط quiescent, (Sb, S, M, Msb, * Mughnee,) like عَنْ; (K;) and also, (Sb, M, K,) sometimes, (Sb, M,) ↓ قَطٍ, (Sb, M, K,) with tenween, mejroor; (K;) and ↓ قَطِى [distinguished from قَطِى in the next sentence]; (Sb, M, K;) but the term “ mejroor ” is here used contr. to the rules of grammar, as it denotes that قط is decl., whereas it is not. (MF.) It is used as a prefixed noun: you say, قَطْكَ هٰذَا الشَّىْءُ Thy sufficiency [meaning sufficient for thee] is this thing; syn. حَسْبُكَ; (Lth, S, Mughnee; *) and like it is قَدْ: (Lth:) and you also say, using it as a prefixed n., قَطْنِى My sufficiency; syn. حَسْبِى; (Lth, S, * Mughnee;) like قَدْنِى; introducing ن, (Lth, S, TA,) as in عَنِّى and مِنِّى and لَدُنِّى, contr. to rule, for the reason which has been explained in treating of قَدْ, (S, TA,) to preserve the original quiescence of the ط; (Mughnee;) and قَطِى; (S, Msb, Mughnee;) and ↓ قَطِ; (S;) and ↓ قَطَاطِ, (S, M, K,) like قَطَامِ, (S, K,) indecl.; (M;) as signifying حَسْبِى: (S, M, Msb, Mughnee, K:) and, as is said in the Moo'ab, قَطْ عَبْدِ اللّٰهِ دِرْهَمٌ The sufficiency of 'Abd-Allah is a dirhem; [and the like is said by Lth and in the Mughnee;] pausing upon the ط, and making قط to govern a gen. case [as it does virtually in the preceding instances]; and the Basrees say, that this is the right mode, as meaning the like of حَسْبُ زَيْدٍ

دِرْهَمٌ and كَفْىَ زَيْدٍ دِرْهَمٌ: (K:) or some say قَطْ, with jezm; and some say ↓ قَطُ, making it inded. with damm for its termination; each governing what follows it in the gen. case. (M.) b2: It is also a verbal noun, signifying يَكْفِى [It suffices, or will suffice; or it is, or will be, sufficient]; and when this is the case, you say, قَطْنِى, (Mughnee, K,) like as you say, يَكْفِينِى [It suffices me, or will suffice me]; (Mughnee;) or كَفَانِى [which means, emphatically, it suffices me], accord. to the Koofees; (Lth;) which is also allowable when قَطْ is equivalent to حَسْبُ [as we have observed above]: (Mughnee:) and you say also, قَطْكَ, meaning كَفَاكَ [emphatically It suffices thee]: and قَطِى, meaning كَفَانِى [emphatically It suffices me]: (K:) so in the copies of the K; [in the CK, erroneously, قَطَّنِى;] but [it seems that it should be قَطْنِى; for] it is said in the Mughnee and its Expositions, that in this last case the addition of the ن is indispensable: (MF:) and some say, قَطْ عَبْدَ اللّٰهِ دِرْهَمٌ [A dirhem suffices, or will suffice, 'Abd-Allah (in the CK, erroneously, قَطُّ)]; making it to govern the accus. case [as it does virtually in preceding instances]: and some add ن, saying, عَبْدَ اللّٰهِ دِرْهَمٌ ↓ قَطْنُ [meaning the same]: (Lth, K:) [hence,] some say, that [قَطْن in] قَطْنِى is a word originally thus formed without any augmentation, like [حَسْب in] حَسْبِى; (M;) [but J says,] if the ن in قَطْنِى belonged to the root of the word, they had said قَطْنُكَ, which is not known. (S.) b3: It is also syn. with حَسْبُ in the phrase مَا رَأَيْتُهُ إِلَّا مَرَّةً وَاحِدَةً فَقَطٌ [I have not seen him, or it, save once, and that was a thing sufficient or that was enough]: (S, Msb: *) or, as is said in the Mutowwel, قَطْ in فَقَطْ is a verbal noun, meaning abstain thou [from further questioning, or the like], as though it were the complement of a condition suppressed [such as “ the case being so ”]: or, as is said in the Mesáïl of Ibn-Es-Seed, the ف is properly prefixed because the meaning is and I was satisfied, or content, therewith; so that the ف is a conjunction: (from a marginal note in a copy of the Mughnee:) [it therefore virtually signifies and no more; or only; and thus it may often be rendered: and this explains what here follows:] when قَط is used to denote paucity, (M, K,) which is said by El-Hareeree, in the Durrah, to be only in negative phrases, (MF,) it is [written قَطْ,] with jezm, (M, K,) and without teshdeed: (M:) you say, مَا عِنْدَكَ إِلَّا هٰذَا قَطْ [which may be rendered Thou hast not save this only]: but when it is followed by a conjunctive ا, it is with kesr; [as in the saying,] مَا عَلِمْتُ إِلَّا هٰذَا قَطِ اليَوْمَ [virtually mean-ing I knew not, or, emphatically, know not, save this only, to-day]: (K:) and also, (K,) when thus using it, (M,) you say, مَا لَهُ إِلَّا عَشَرَةٌ قَطْ يَافَتَى [likewise virtually meaning He has not save ten only, O young man], without teshdeed, and with jezm; and ↓ قَطِّ, with teshdeed and khafd; (Lh, M, K;) the kesreh of the latter, in a case of this kind, being to distinguish the قَطّ which denotes [paucity of] number from قَطُّ, which denotes time. (Lth.) A2: See also قَطُّ, first sentence.

قُطْ: see قَطُّ.

قَطُ: see قَطْ: A2: and see also قَطُّ.

قَطِ: see قَطْ.

قُطُ: see قَطُّ.

قَطٍ: see قَطْ.

قَطَّ: see قَطُّ.

قَطُّ is an adv. noun, (Mughnee,) [generally] denoting time, (S, M, Mughnee,) or past time, (Msb, K,) used to include all past time; (Lth, Mughnee;) as also ↓ قُطُّ, (S, M, Mughnee, K,) the former vowel being assimilated to the latter; (S, Mughnee;) and ↓ قَطُ, (S, M, Mughnee, K,) and ↓ قُطُ; (S, Mughnee, * K;) and some say ↓ قَطْ, (S, Mughnee,) whence قَطُ is formed, by making its termination similar to that of the primary form قَطُّ, to show its origin; (S, M;) or this would be better than قَطُ; (M;) and ↓ قُطْ, (S, M, Mughnee, *) like مُذْ, which is rare: (S, M:) of all these, the first is the most chaste: (Mughnee:) when time is meant by it, it is always with refa, without tenween: (K:) or one says also ↓ قَطِّ, (M, Mughnee, K,) with kesr and teshdeed to the ط, (M, K,) accord. to IAar; (M;) and ↓ قَطَّ, with fet-h and teshdeed to the ط; (M, * K;) as well as with damm to the ط without teshdeed. (K [in some copies of which is here added, “and with refa to the ط; ” to which is further added in the CK, “without teshdeed: ” but I find two copies without any addition of this redundant kind: for by “ refa ” is here meant, as in a former instance, “damm; ”

though improperly, as the word is indecl.]) Yousay, مَا رَأَيْتُهُ قَطُّ &c. [I have not seen him, or it, ever, or hitherto]; (S, M, K;) and مَا فَعَلْتُهُ قَطَّ [I have not done it ever, or hitherto]; (Msb, Mughnee;) i. e., in the time that is past; (Msb, K;) or in what has been cut off of my life; (Mughnee, K;) its derivation being from قَطَطْتُ meaning “ I cut; ” for the past is cut off from the present and the future; and it is indecl. because it implies the meaning of مُذْ and إِلَى; its meaning being مُذْ أَنْ خُلِقْتُ إِلَى الآنَ [since my being created until now]; and with a vowel for its termination to prevent the occurrence of two quiescent letters together; (Mughnee;) and it is with refa [meaning damm for its termination] because it is like قَبْلُ and بَعْدُ: (Lth:) accord. to Ks, (S,) قَطُّ is a contraction of قَطَطُ: (S, M:) Sb says, that it denotes الإِنْتِهَآء; [app. meaning that it signifies abstain thou from further questioning, or the like; for El-Hareeree says, in the Durrah, that قَطُّ and قَطْ both signify the same as حَسْبُ;] and that it is indecl., with damm for its termination, like حَسْبُ. (M.) You say also, مَا فَعَلْتُ هٰذَا قَطْ وَلَا قَطُّ [app. meaning I have not done this alone, nor ever]: (K, TA: [in the CK قَطُّ ولا قُطُ, but]) the former قط is with jezm to the ط, and the latter is with teshdeed and damm to the ط. (TA.) And يَا فَتَى ↓ مَا زَالَ عَلَى هٰذَا مُذْ قُطَّ [He, or it, has not ceased to be after this manner during all past time, O young man]; with damm to the ق, and with teshdeed. (Lh, M.) It is used only in negative phrases relating to past time; the saying of the vulgar لَا أَفْعَلُهُ قَطُّ [meaning I will not do it ever] being incorrect; (Mughnee, K; [in the CK قَطُ]) for with respect to the future you say عَوْضُ (TA) [or أَبَدًا]: or it is mostly so used, accord. to Ibn-Málik: (MF:) but it occurs after an affirmative phrase in places in El-Bukháree, (K,) in his Saheeh; (TA;) for ex., أَطْوَلُ صَلَاةٍ صَلَّيْتُهَا قَطُّ [The longest prayer which I have prayed ever]: and in the Sunan of Aboo-Dawood; تَوَضَّأَ ثَلَاثًا قَطُّ [He performed the وُضُوْء three times ever]: and Ibn-Málik asserts it to be right, and says that it is one of the things which have been unperceived by many of the grammarians: (K:) El-Karmánee, however, interprets these instances as though they were negative. (TA.) قَطِّ: see قَطْ, near the end of the paragraph: A2: and see also قَطُّ, in the first sentence.

قُطُّ: see قَطُّ, in two places.

شَعَرٌ قَطٌّ, and ↓ قَطَطٌ, (M, Msb, K,) and ↓ قَطِطٌ, (TA,) Crisp, curly, or twisted and contracted, and short, hair: (M, K:) or hair that is very crisp, very curly, or much twisted and contracted: or, accord. to the T, ↓ قَطَطٌ meanshair of the زَنْجِىّ: (Msb:) or you say, ↓ جَعْدٌ قَطَطٌ, meaning very crisp, very curly, or much twisted and contracted. (S.) b2: رَجُلٌ قَطٌّ, and ↓ قَطَطٌ, (Msb,) or رَجُلٌ قَطُّ الشَّعَرِ, and ↓ قَطَطُ الشَّعَرِ, (S, M, K,) A man whose hair is crisp, curly, or twisted and contracted, and short: (M, K:) or whose hair is very crisp, very curly, or much twisted and contracted; (S, * Msb;) as also ↓ قِطَاطٌ: (K: accord. to some copies; but accord. to other copies, as a pl. in this sense: [the reading of the latter is more probably correct, and is that of the TA:]) or beautifully crisp or curly or twisted and contracted: (TA:) the pl. [of قَطٌّ] is أَقْطَاطٌ [a pl. of pauc.] and قَطُّونَ and قِطَاطٌ; and [of ↓ قَطَطٌ] قَطَطُونَ: (M, K:) the epithet applied to a woman is قَطَّةٌ, and ↓ قَطَطٌ without ة. (M, Msb.) A2: See also ↓ قَاطٌّ.

قِطٌّ A slice cut off (شَقِيقَةٌ), of a melon or other thing. (A, TA.) b2: (tropical:) A portion, share, or lot, (M, A, Msb, K,) of gifts, (A, TA,) &c. (TA.) Hence the saying in the Kur, [xxxviii. 15,] رَبَّنَا عَجِّلْ لَنَا قِطَّنَا قَبْلَ يَوْمِ الحِسَابِ (tropical:) [O our Lord, hasten to us our portion before the day of reckoning]: accord. to some, our portion of punishment: but accord. to Sa'eed Ibn-Jubeyr, it means, of Paradise. (TA.) b3: (assumed tropical:) A writing; (Fr, S, Msb;) [such as that of a man's works;] and hence, accord. to Fr, the words of the Kur cited above; those words being said in derision: (TA:) or a writing of reckoning: (M, K:) or a written obligation: (M:) or it signifies also a written obligation binding one to give a gift or present; (S, K, TA;) and hence the saying in the Kur cited above: (S:) pl. قُطُوطٌ: (S, M, Msb, K:) which Az explains as meaning gifts, and stipends; so called because they were issued written in the form of notes and statements of obligation upon cut pieces of paper or the like. (TA.) b4: (assumed tropical:) An hour, or a portion, (سَاعَة,) of the night. (M, K.) You say مَضَى قِطٌّ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ (assumed tropical:) [An hour, or a portion, of the night passed]. (Th, M.) A2: A male cat: (S, M, Msb, K:) the female is called قِطَّةٌ: (Lth, S, M, Msb:) Kr disallowed this latter; and IDrd says, I do not think it to be genuine Arabic; (M;) but to this it is objected that it occurs in traditions: (MF:) the pl. is قِطَاطٌ (S, M, Msb, K) and قِطَطَةٌ, (M, K,) or قِطَطٌ. (Msb.) قَطَطٌ: see قَطٌّ, throughout.

قَطِطٌ: see قَطٌّ.

قِطَّةٌ [A mode, or manner, of cutting a thing, such as the extremity of the nib of a writingreed]: see an ex. voce سِنٌّ (near the end of the paragraph).

قَطْنُ: see قَطْ.

قَطِى: see قَطْ.

قَطَاطِ: see قَطْ.

قِطَاطٌ: see قَطٌّ.

قَطَّاطٌ A خَرَّاط [q. v.] who makes [the small boxes of wood or the like called] حُقَق [pl. of حُقَّة]. (S, O, K.) [See 1, first sentence.]

قِطْقِطٌ Small rain; (M, K;) resembling شَذْر [q. v.]: (M:) or the smallest of rain; the next above which is termed رَذَادٌ; the next above this, طَشٌّ; [but see this last term;] the next above this, بَغْشٌ; and the next above this, غَبْيَةٌ: (Az, S:) or rain falling continuously, in large drops: (Lth, K:) or hail: (K:) or small hail, (M, O, K,) which is imagined to be hail or rain. (O.) سعْرٌ قَاطٌّ A dear price; as also ↓ مَقْطُوطٌ, (M, K,) and ↓ قَطٌّ, (K,) and ↓ قَاطِطٌ. (IAar, K.) You say, وَرَدْنَا أَرْضًا قَاطًّا سِعْرُهَا We arrived at a land of dear prices. (S, TA.) قَاطِطٌ: see قَاطٌّ.

مَقَطٌّ [in the CK erroneously مِقَطّ] The place of ending of the extremities of the ribs of a horse: (M, K:) or the extremity of the rib, projecting over the belly: (K in art. شرسف:) or the place of ending of the ribs of a horse: (TA:) مَقَاطُّ [is the pl., signifying, as explained in the S, in art. شرسف, the extremities of the ribs, projecting over the belly: or it] signifies the two extremities of the belly of a horse, whereof one is at the sternum (القَصّ), and the other at the pubes. (En-Nadr.) مِقَطَّةٌ The thing upon which the reed for writing is nibbed; (S;) [generally made of bone or ivory;] a small bone upon which the writer nibs his reeds for writing; (K;) a small bone which is found with the sellers of paper, upon which they cut the extremities of the reeds for writing. (Lth.) مَقْطُوطٌ: see قَاطّ.

سَمَآءٌ مُقَطْقِطَةٌ A sky letting fall rain such as is called قِطْقِطٌ. (Az, S.)

ست

1 سَتَّهُ, [aor. ـُ accord to rule, and inf. n. app. سَتٌّ, q. v.,] He attributed or imputed to him, or charged him with, or accused him of, a fault, or defect, or the like; as also سَدَّهُ; syn. عَابَهُ. (TA. [The sense in which عابه is there used is indicated by the context.]) سَتٌ a dial. var. of اِسْتٌ: see the latter word in art. سته, in two places.

سَتٌّ Foul, or evil, speech or language. (IAar, K.) b2: And also, [like سَدٌّ,] A fault, or defect, or the like; syn. عَيْبٌ. (K.) سِتٌّ: see سِتَّةٌ, of which it is the fem. b2: سِتِّى said to a woman means, (K, TA,) accord. to the explanation of IAmb, (TA,) يَا سِتَّ جِهَاتِى [O thou who occupiest the six places in relation to me; or, who art above me, below me, before me, behind me, on my right, and on my left]: (K, TA:) as though alluding to her holding the speaker in her possession: (TA:) or it is an incorrect expression; (K;) or it is vulgar, and held in low estimation; (IAar, TA;) and is correctly سَيِّدَتِى [my lady, or my mistress]: (K:) it may be regarded as a contraction of سَيِّدَتِى, accord. to Esh-Shiháb El-Kásimee: (TA:) and Es-seyyid 'Eesà Es-Safawee says that it should not be restricted to the class of expression used as vocatives. (MF, TA.) سِتَّةٌ (Lth, T, S, M) and ↓ سِتَّ, (Lth, T, S, M, K,) the former masc. and the latter fem., (S,) [signifying Six,] are originally سِدْسَةٌ (Lth, T, M) and سِدْسٌ; (Lth, T, S, M, K;) the latter س is changed into ت, and the د is incorporated into it; (Lth, T, S, M, K;) for the dim, of سِتَّةٌ is سُدَيْسَةٌ [and that of سِتٌّ is سُدَيْسٌ], and the pl. is أَسْدَاسٌ. (Lth, T, S.) You say, عِنْدِى سِتَّةُ رِجَالٍ وَ نِسْوَةٍ [I have with me, or at my abode, six men and women], i. e., three men and three women: and you may say, عِنْدِى سِتَّةُ رِجَالٍ وَ نِسْوَةٌ, meaning, six men, and also women: and in like manner you do in the ease of any number that can be divided so as to apply to two plurals, as six and seven and the higher numbers: but in the case of a number that cannot be divided so as to apply to two plurals, as five and four and three, you put the latter noun in the nom. case only, saying, for ex., عِنْدِى خَمْسَةُ رِجَالٍ وَ نِسْوَةٌ. (ISk, S.) [Respecting a peculiar pronunciation of the people of El-Hijáz, and a case in which سِتَّة is imperfectly decl., see ثَلَاثَةٌ and تِسْعَةً.] b2: سِتَّةَ عَشَرَ [indecl. in every case, meaning Sixteen,] is pronounced by some of the Arabs سِتَّةَ عْشَرَ: and [the fem.] سِتَّ عَشْرَةَ, thus in the dial. of El-Hijáz [and of most of the Arabs], is pronounced سِتَّ عَشِرَةَ in the dial of Nejd. (S in art. عشر.) b3: سِتُّمِائَةٍ [meaning Six hundred] should be written thus, without separating the two words; because سِتٌّ is originally سِدْسٌ and the union of the two words is to compensate for the incorporation of the د into the ت. (El-Hareeree, in De Sacy's Anthol. Gramm. Ar., p. 72 of the Arabic text.) سِتُّونَ [Sixty,] one of the tenfold numbers, (M, TA,) namely, that between خَمْسُونَ and سَبْعُونَ, (TA,) is derived from سِتٌّ. (M, TA.) b2: [Also Sixtieth.] سَاتٌّ [Sixth]. You say, جَآءَ فُلَانٌ سَادِسًا and سَادِيًا and سَاتًّا [Such a one came sixth]; سادسا being formed from سِدْسٌ; and ساتّا, from سِتَّةٌ and سِتٌّ: in ساديا, the [latter] س [of سادسا] is changed into ى; for certain letters in other cases are sometimes so changed; as in أَمَّا and أَيْمَا and تَسَنَّنَ and تَسَنَّى, and تَقَضَّضَ and تَقَضَّى, and تَلَعَّعَ and تَلَعَّى, and تَسَرَّرَ and تَسَرَّى. (ISk, S.) اِسْتٌ: see arts. است and سته: it is properly mentioned in the latter art., being originally سَتَهٌ. (S, TA.)

سل

1 سَلَّ الشَّىٌءَ, (S, M, Mgh,) aor. ـُ (S, M,) inf. n. سَلٌّ; (S, M, Mgh, K;) and ↓ استلّهُ, (M,) inf. n. اِسْتِلَالٌ; (K; [in the CK, الِاسْلال is put in the place of الِاسْتِلَال;]) He drew the thing out or forth from another thing: (Jel in xxiii. 12:) or he pulled out the thing, or drew it forth, gently: (M, K: *) or he drew, or pulled, the thing out, or forth, as a sword from its scabbard, and a hair from dough. (Mgh.) You say, سَلَّ السَّيْفَ, (S, Msb,) aor. and inf. n. as above; (Msb;) and ↓ استلّهُ, both signifying the same; (S;) [i. e. He drew the sword;] as also ↓ اسلّهُ, inf. n. إِسْلَالٌ. (TA.) In the saying of El-Farezdak, غَدَاةَ تَوَلَّيْتُمْ كَانَّ سُيُوفَكُمْ

↓ ذَآنِينُ فِى أَعْنَاقِكُمْ لَمْ تُسَلْسَلِ [In the morning when ye turned back, as though your swords were ذآنين (pl. of ذُؤْنُونٌ a species of fungus) upon your necks, (for the sword was hung upon the shoulder, not by a waist-belt,) not drawn forth], he has separated the doubled letter: thus the verse is related by IAar: but by Th, ↓ لَمْ تَسَلَّلِ [for تَتَنَسَلَّلِ]. (M.) It is said in a trad., لَأَسُلَّنَّكَ مِنْهُمْ كَمَا تُسَلُّ الشَّعْرَةُ مِنَ العَجِينِ [I will assuredly draw thee forth from them like as the single hair is drawn forth from dough]. (TA.) And in another trad., اَللّٰهُمَّ أْسْلُلْ سَخِيمَةَ قَلْبِى (tropical:) [O God, draw forth the rancour of my heart]: and hence the saying الهَدَايَا تَسُلُّ السَّخَائِمَ وَتَحُلُّ الشَّكَائِمَ (tropical:) [Presents draw away feelings of rancour, and loose, or melt, resistances, or incompliances]. (TA.) And سُلَّ, said of a colt, means He was drawn forth a سَلِيل [q. v.]. (M, TA.) b2: Also He took the thing. (Msb.) Hence one says, تُسَلُّ المَيِّتُ مِنْ قِبَلِ رَأْسِهِ إِلَى القَبْرِ, i. e. [The dead body] is taken [head-foremost to the grave]: (Msb:) [or is drawn forth &c.: for] it is said of the Apostle of God, سُلَّ مِنْ قِبَل رَأْسِهِ, meaning He was drawn forth [&c.] from the bier. (Mgh.) b3: Also, aor. and inf. n. as above, He stole the thing: (Msb, TA:) or he stole it covertly, secretly, or clandestinely; (TA;) and so ↓ اسلّهُ. (TK. [But see 4, below, where اسلّ meaning “ he stole ” is mentioned only as intrans.]) Yousay, سَلَّ البَعِيرَ جَوْفِ اللَّيْلِ He drew away the camel from among the other camels in the middle of the night: and in like manner you say of other things. (TA.) A2: سَلَّ, aor. ـِ (K,) inf. n. سَلٌّ, (TK,) said of a man; (TA;) or سَلَّتْ, aor. ـَ [whence it would seem that the sec. Pers\. of the pret. is سَلِلْتَ, and the inf. n. سَلَلٌ,] said of a sheep or goat, شاة; (M;) He, or it, lost his, or its, teeth: (M, K:) on the authority of Lh. (M.) A3: سُلَّ, (M, Msb, K,) in the pass. form, (Msb,) with damm, (K,) He was, or became, affected with the disease termed سِلّ [q. v.]. (M, Msb, K.) 4 أَسْلَ3َ see 1, second sentence. b2: اسلّ, (ISk, S, M, Mgh,) inf. n. إِسْلَالٌ, (ISk, S, K,) also signifies He stole: (ISk, S, Mgh:) or he stole covertly, secretly, or clandestinely. (M, K.) See also 1, in the latter half of the paragraph. You say, اسلّ مِنَ المَغْنَمِ He stole of the spoil. (Mgh.) b3: إِسْلَالٌ signifies also An open raid or predatory incursion. (TA.) b4: And اسلّ He aided another to steal, or to steal covertly, secretly, or clandestinely. (TA.) b5: [See also إِسْلَالٌ below. Accord. to Freytag, اسلّ signifies He received a bribe: but this requires consideration: he gives no authority but the K, which does not justify this explanation.]

A2: اسلّهُ He (God) caused him to be affected with the disease termed سِلّ [q. v.]. (S, M, Msb, K.) 5 تسلّل: see 7: and see also 1, in the former half of the paragraph. b2: Also i. q. اِضْطَرَبَ [It was, or became, in a state of commotion, agitation, &c.]; said of a thing; as though it were imagined to be repeatedly drawn forth. (Er-Rághib, TA.) 7 انسلّ It (a thing) became pulled out, or drawn forth, gently; (M;) it became drawn, or pulled out or forth, as a sword from its scabbard, and a hair from dough. (Mgh.) You say, انسلّ السَّيْفُ مِنَ الغَمْدِ The sword [became drawn from the scabbard: or] slipped out from the scabbard. (TA.) And انسلّ قِيَادُالفَرَسِ مِنْ يَدِهِ [The leading-rope of the horse slipped out or] came forth [from his hand]. (Mgh.) b2: And [hence], as also ↓ تسلّل, (S, M, K,) He slipped away, or stole away; i. e., went away covertly, secretly, or clandestinely: (M, K:) or he went forth, مِنْ بَيْنِهِمْ [from among them]. (S.) And اِنْسَلَلْتُ مِنْ بَيْنِ يَدَيْهِ I went away, and went forth, deliberately, or leisurely, and by degrees, from before him. (TA.) Sb says that اِنْسَلَلْتُ [used in this or a similar sense] is not a quasi-pass. verb; but is only like [a verb of the measure] فَعَلْتُ; like as اِفْتَقَرَ is like ضَعُفَ. (M.) It is said in a prov., رَمَتْنِى بِدَائِهَاوَانْسَلَّتْ [She reproached me with her own fault, and slipped away]: (S, Meyd, TA:) [originally] said by one of the fellow-wives of Ruhm, daughter of El-Khazraj, wife of Saad Ibn-Zeyd-Menáh, on Ruhm's reproaching her with a fault that was in herself. (Meyd, TA. [See also Freytag's Arab. Prov. cap. x. no. 2; and another prov. there referred to in cap. ii. no. 78.]) And one says also, بِكَذَا ↓ استلّ, meaning He went away with such a thing covertly, secretly, or clandestinely. (TA.) 8 إِسْتَلَ3َ see 1, first and second sentences: A2: and see also 7, last sentence.10 استسل النَّهْرُ جَدْوَلًا (tropical:) The river had a rivulet or streamlet, branching off from it. (TA.) R. Q. 1 سَلْسَلَةٌ [as inf. n. of سُلْسِلَ (see مُسَلْسَلٌ below)] signifies A thing's being connected with another thing. (M, K.) [It is also inf. n. of سَلْسَلَ, as such signifying The connecting a thing with another thing.] b2: [Hence, or the reverse may be the case,] سَلْسَلْتُهُ I bound him with the سِلْسِلَة [or chain]. (O. TA.) b3: And سَلْسَلْتُ المَآءَ فِى الحَلْقِ I poured the water into the throat, or fauces, [app. in a continuous stream.] (S, * O.) b4: And مَاسَلْسَلَ طَعَامًا He did not eat food: (K:) as though he did not pour it into his throat, or fauces. (TA.) A2: Accord. to IAar, سَلْسَلَ signifies He ate a سَلْسَلَة, i. e., a long piece of a camel's hump. (O.) A3: See also 1, third sentence. R. Q. 2 تَسَلْسَلَ, said of water, It ran into the throat, or fauces: (S, O:) or it ran down a declivity, or declivous place: (M, K:) or (assumed tropical:) it became [fretted with a succession of ripples] like a chain, in running [in a shallow and rugged bed], or when smitten by the wind. (S.) b2: And, said of lightning, (assumed tropical:) It assumed the form of سَلَاسِل, [i. e. chains, meaning elongated streams,] pl. of سِلْسِلَةٌ [q. v.], in the clouds. (M.) b3: And تَسَلْسُلٌ signifies (assumed tropical:) The glistening, and [apparent] creeping, of the diversified wavy marks, streaks, or grain, [resembling a chain, (see مُسَلْسَلٌ,) and also likened to the creeping of ants, (see فِرِنْذٌ, and رُبَدٌ,)] of a sword. (TA. [See also أَثْرٌ.]) b4: And تَسَلْسَلَ said of a garment, (assumed tropical:) It was worn until it became thin; (O, K;) like تَخَلْخَلَ. (O.) سَلٌّ, (M, K,) applied to a man, (M,) Whose teeth are falling out; (M;) losing his teeth: (K:) fem. with ة: (M, K:) likewise applied to a sheep or goat (شَاْةٌ); on the authority of Lh; (M;) and to a she-camel whose teeth have fallen out from extreme old age; or one extremely aged, having no tooth remaining; on the authority of IAar. (TA.) A2: See also سَلَّةٌ, in two places.

سُلٌّ: see what next follows.

سِلٌّ (S, M, Msb, K) and ↓ سُلَالٌ, (S, M, K,) the former [the more common, and] often occurring in the verses of chaste poets, though El-Hareeree says in the “ Durrat el-Ghowwás ” that it is an erroneous term of the vulgar, and that the latter is the right term, (TA,) signify the same, (S, M, K,) as also ↓ سُلٌّ and ↓ سَلَّةٌ, (K,) [Consumption: or phthisis:] an emaciating, oppressive, and fatal malady: (T, TA:) a certain disease, well known; said in the medical books to be one of the diseases of girls, because of the abundance of blood in them: (Msb:) accord. to the physicians, (TA,) an ulcer, (K, TA,) or ulcers, (Msb,) [or ulceration,] in the lungs; (Msb, K, TA;) succeeding (تُعَقِّبُ [grammatically referring to سَلَّة]) either ذَات الرِّئَة [i. e. inflammation of the lungs] or ذَات الجَنْب [i. e. pleurisy]: (in the CK, بِعَقَبِ ذات الرِّيّةِ اوذاتِ الجَنْبِ is [erroneously] put in the place of تُعَقِّبُ ذَاتَ الرِّئَةِ أَوْ ذَاتَ الجَنْبِ: and in what here follows, the gen. case is put in the place of the nom. in four instances:) or a rheum (زُكَامٌ), and defluxions (نَوَازِلُ), or a long cough, and attended with constant fever. (K, TA.) b2: Hence the saying, in a trad., غُبَارُذَيْلِ المَرْأَةِ الفَاجِرَةِ يُورثُ السِّلَّ (assumed tropical:) [The dust of the skirt of the vitious woman occasions the loss of property]; meaning that he who follows vitious women and acts vitiously, loses his property, and becomes poor: the diminution and departure of property being likened to the diminution and wasting away of the body when one has the disorder termed سِلّ. (TA.) سَلَّةٌ The drawing of swords; (S, M, K;) as also ↓ سِلَّةٌ. (K.) So in the saying, أَتَيْنَاهُمْ عِنْدَ السَّلَّةِ [We came to them on the occasion of the drawing of swords]. (S, M, K.) b2: And Theft: (S, Msb:) or covert, secret, or clandestine, theft; (M, K;) like إِسْلَالٌ [except that the former is a simple subst., and the latter is an inf. n., i. e. of 4]: (K:) one says, فِى بَنِى فُلَانٍ سَلَّةٌ [Among the sons of such a one is theft, or covert theft]: (S:) and الخَلَّةُ تَدْعُو إِلَى السَّلَّةِ [Want invites to theft, or covert theft]. (TA.) A2: Also (tropical:) The rush (دُفْعَة) of a horse among other horses, in running: (TA:) or the rush (دُفْعَة) of a horse in striving to outstrip: (S, TA: [I read فِى سِبَاقِهِ, as in a copy of the S; instead of فى سِيَاقِهِ, as in other copies of the S and in the TA:]) so in the saying, فَرَسٌ شَدِيدُ السَّلَّةِ (tropical:) [A horse of which the rush &c. is vehement]: (S, TA:) and خَرَجَتْ سَلَّتُهُ عَلَى

الخَيْلِ (S) or عَلَى سَائِرِ الخَيْلِ (TA) (tropical:) [His rush in striving to outstrip proceeded against the other horses]. b2: And A revulsion of shortness of breathing (اِرْتِدَادُ رَبْوٍ) in the chest of a horse, in consequence of his suppressing such shortness of breathing [so I render مِنْ كَبْوَةٍ يَكْبُوهَا, but this phrase admits of other renderings, as will be seen in art. كبو]: (M, K:) when he is inflated thereby, one says, أَخْرَجَ سَلَّتَهُ [app. meaning he has manifested his revulsion of shortness of breathing]; and thereupon he is urged to run with vehemence, and made to sweat, and coverings are thrown upon him, and that shortness of breathing (ذٰلِكَ الرَّبْوُ) passes forth. (M.) b3: [In a sheep or goat, or a ewe or she-goat, it seems to mean Power, or force, of long continuance: see مَسْلُولَةٌ, voce مَسْلُولٌ.]

A3: See also سِلٌّ.

A4: Also A [basket of the kind called] جُونَة: (K:) or a thing like the جُونَة, (M,) or like the covered جُونَة, which is also called سَبَذَةٌ; so says Az: (TA:) a receptacle in which fruit is carried: (Msb:) [sometimes covered with red skin: (see حَوَرٌ:) in the present day commonly applied to a basket made of twigs, oblong and deep, generally between a foot and a foot and a half in length:] and ↓ سَلٌّ signifies the same: (M, K:) what is termed سَلَّةُ الخُبْزِ [the bread-basket] is well known: (S:) سَلَّةٌ meaning as expl. above is not thought by IDrd to be an Arabic word: (M:) [the dim. ↓ سُلَيْلَةٌ occurs in the K voce جُونَةٌ, and in the Mgh voce رَبْعَةٌ, &c.:] the pl. is سِلَالٌ (M, K) and سَلَّاتٌ (Msb) and [coll. gen. n.] ↓ سَلٌّ, of which Abu-l-Hasan says that it is in his opinion a rare kind of pl. [or coll. gen. n.] because it denotes what is made by art, not created, and it should more properly be regarded as of the class of كَوْكَبٌ and كَوْكَبَةٌ [which are syn.] because this is more common than the class of سَفِينَةٌ and سَفِينٌ. (M.) A5: Also A fault, or defect, in a water-ing-trough or tank, or in a [jar of the kind called]

خَابِيَة: (M, K:) or a breach between the أَنْصَابِ, (K,) or [more properly] between the نَصَائِب, [i. e. the stones set up, and cemented together with kneaded clay, around the interior,] (M,) of a watering-trough or tank. (M, K.) b2: And Fissures in the ground, that steal [i. e. imbibe] the water. (TA.) A6: Also One's sewing [a skin, or hide, with] two thongs in a single puncture, or stitch-hole. (M, K.) سِلَّةٌ: see سَلَّةٌ, first sentence.

سُلَالٌ i. q. سِلٌّ, q. v. (S, M, K.) سَلِيلٌ A drawn sword; i. q. ↓ مَسْلُولٌ. (M, K.) b2: (assumed tropical:) A child, or male offspring; [because drawn forth;] (S, M, Msb, K;) as also ↓ سُلَالَةٌ; (M, Mgh, Msb, K;) metonymically so termed: (Mgh:) or, when it comes forth from the belly of its mother; as also ↓ the latter; the former so called because created from the [sperma genitalis, which is termed] سُلَالَة: (Akh, TA:) fem. of the former ↓ سَلِيلَةٌ, (S, M, Msb, K,) applied to a daughter. (AA, K.) b3: A colt; (M, K;) and with ة a filly; (S, * M, TA;) the ة being affixed, though سليل is of the measure فَعِيلٌ in the sense of the measure مَفْعُولٌ, because the word is made a subst.: (Ham p. 102:) or, as some say, (M, in the K “ and ”) the former signifies a colt that is born not in a [membrane such as is called] مَاسِكَة nor [in one such as is called] سَلًى: if in either of these, it is termed بَقِيرٌ [not بُقَيْرٌ as in the CK]. (M, K.) [See also دُعْمُوصٌ.] b4: And A young camel when just born, before it is known whether it is a male or a female. (As, S, TA.) A2: Clear, or pure, beverage or wine; (K, TA;) as though gently drawn away from dust or motes or particles of rubbish or the like: such is said to be the beverage, or wine, of Paradise: or cool beverage or wine: or such as is clear from dust or motes or particles of rubbish or the like, and from turbidness; of the measure فَعِيلٌ in the sense of the measure مَفْعُولٌ: or such as is easy [in its descent] in the throat, or fauces. (TA.) [See also سُلَالَةٌ, and سَلْسَالٌ.]

A3: The channel of the water, or place in which the water flows, in a valley: or the middle of a valley, (M, K, *) where flows the main body of water. (M.) and A wide (S, M, K) and deep (M, K) valley, (S, M, K,) that gives growth to the [trees called]

سَلَم and سَمُر, (S, K,) or that gives growth to the سَلَم and ضَعَة and يَنَمَة and حَلَمَة; (M;) and ↓ سَالٌّ signifies the same: (M, K:) or this latter, a place in which are trees: (TA:) or a narrow channel of a torrent in a valley: (As, S, TA:) or a low place surrounded by what is elevated, in which the water collects: (En-Nadr, TA:) pl. of both سُلَّانٌ, (M, K,) or of the former accord. to Kr, (M, TA,) and of the latter accord. to As [and the S], (TA,) or that of the latter is سَوَالُّ. (En-Nadr, K, TA.) One says سَلِيلٌ مِنْ سَمُرٍ

like as one says غَالٌّ مِنْ سَلَمٍ. (S.) The phrase سَالَ السَّلِيلُ بِهِمْ [lit. The wide, or wide and deep, valley, &c., flowed with them] is used by the poet Zuheyr (S, IB) as meaning (assumed tropical:) they journeyed swiftly. (IB, TA.) A4: The brain of the horse. (M, K.) b2: The hump of the camel. (M, K.) b3: The نُخَاع [or spinal cord]. (M, K.) b4: and سَلِيلُ اللَّحْمِ The [portions that are termed]

خَصِيل [q. v. voce خَصِيلَةٌ] of flesh: [the former word in this case being app. a coll. gen. n., of which the n. un. is ↓ سَلِيلَةٌ (q. v.); the more probably as it is added that] the pl. is سَلَائِلُ. (TA.) سُلَالَةٌ What is, or becomes, drawn forth, or drawn forth gently, from, or of, a thing: (M, K:) or so سُلَالَةُ شَىْءٍ: (S:) [an extract of a thing: and hence,] the clear, or pure, part, or the choice, best, or most excellent, part [of a thing]; (Mgh; and Ksh and Bd and Jel in xxiii. 12;) because drawn from the thick, or turbid, part. (Mgh.) It is said in the Kur [xxiii. 12], وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْإِنْسَانَ مِنْ سُلَالَةٍ مِنْ طِينٍ, meaning [and verily we created man from] what was drawn forth from every kind of dust, or earth: (Fr, TA:) or from a pure, or choice, or most excellent, sort of earth or clay. (Ksh, Bd, Jel.) b2: and [hence,] The sperma genitalis of a man, or human being; (S, TA;) what is drawn from the صُلْب [app. here meaning loins] of the man and from the تَرَائِب [pl. of تَرِيبَة, q. v.,] of the woman: (AHeyth, TA:) the water (مَآء) that is drawn from the back. ('Ikrimeh, TA.) b3: See also سَليلٌ, second sentence, in two places.

سَلِيلَةٌ: see سَلِيلٌ, second sentence. b2: Also A sinew, (عَصَبَةٌ, (M, K, or عَقَبَةٌ, K,) or a portion of flesh having streaks, or strips, (M, K,) that separate, one from another. (TA.) And The oblong portion of flesh of the part on either side of the backbone: (K:) or this is called سَلِيلَةُ المَتْنِ: (M:) [or] accord. to As, [the pl.] سَلَائِلُ signifies the long streaks, or strips, of flesh extending with the backbone. (TA.) See also سَلِيلٌ, last sentence. [Also] A small thin thing [or substance] resembling flesh: pl. سَلَائِلُ. (TA in art. خشم.) And سَلَائِلُ السَّنَامِ Long slices cut from the camel's hump. (TA.) b3: And the pl., Oblong نَغَفَات [or portions of dry mucus or the like] in the nose. (M.) b4: Also [Goats'] hair separated, or plucked asunder, with the fingers, then folded, and tied; then the woman draws from it one portion after another, which she spins: (M:) or سَلِيلَةٌ مِنْ شَعَرٍ signifies what is drawn forth from a ضَرِيبَة of [goats'] hair, which is a portion thereof separated, or plucked asunder, with the fingers, then folded, and rolled up into long portions, the length of each being about a cubit, and the thickness that of the half of the fore arm next the hand: this is tied, then the woman draws from it one portion after another, and spins it. (S.) [See also عَمِيتَةٌ.]

A2: Also A certain long fish, (K, TA,) having a long مِنْقَار [app. meaning beak-like snout, or nose]. (TA.) سُلَيْلَةٌ: see سَلَّةٌ (of which it is the dim.), in the latter half of the paragraph.

سُلَّآءٌ; n. un. with ة; mentioned in the M and K in this art. as well as in art. سلأ: see the latter art. سَلَّالٌ: see سَالٌّ.

A2: [And it seems to be somewhere mentioned in the S, though not in the present art., as meaning A maker of the sort of baskets called سِلَال (pl. of سَلَّةٌ): for Golius explains it, as on the authority of J, as signifying qui sportas qualosque contexit.]

سَلْسَلٌ and ↓ سَلْسَالٌ and ↓ سُلَاسِلٌ (S, M, K) Sweet water, (M, K,) that descends easily in the throat, or fauces; (M;) water that enters easily into the throat, or fauces, by reason of its sweetness and clearness: (S:) or cold, or cool, water: (M, K:) or water that has fluctuated to and fro, in the place where it has continued, until it has become limpid, or clear. (Er-Rághib, TA.) and the first and ↓ second, Mellow wine: (M, K:) the former is expl. by Lth as meaning sweet and clear, that runs [easily] into the throat, or fauces, when drunk. (TA.) b2: And غَدِيرٌ سَلْسَلٌ [A pool of water left by a torrent] which, being smitten [or blown upon] by the wind, becomes [rippled so as to be] like the سِلْسِلَة [or chain]. (TA.) سُلْسُلٌ A boy, or young man, light, or active, in spirit; as also لُسْلُسٌ. (IAar, O.) سِلْسِلٌ: see سِلْسِلَةٌ, in two places.

سَلْسَلَةٌ [as an inf. n.: see R. Q. 1.

A2: Also] A long piece of a camel's hump: (IAar, O, K:) accord. to AA, it is called لَسْلَسَةٌ: accord. to As, لِسْلِسَةٌ. (O.) سِلْسِلَةٌ A chain, i. q. زِنْجِيرْ in Pers\.; (KL;) rings (دَائِرٌ [app. used as a coll. gen. n., though I do not know any authority for such usage of it,] K [in the M دَائِرَةٌ]) of iron (S, M, K) or the like (M, K) of metals: derived from السَّلْسَلَةُ signifying “ the being connected ” with another thing: (M: [see R. Q. 1:]) pl. سَلَاسِلُ. (S, Mgh, TA.) It was a custom to extend a سِلْسِلَة over a river or a road, the ships or beats or the passengers being arrested thereby, for the purpose of the taking of the tithes from them by an officer set over it. (Mgh.) b2: [Hence,] سِلْسِلَةُ بَرْقٍ (tropical:) An elongated stream of lightning [like a chain] in the midst of the clouds: (S, TA: *) or سَلَاسِلُ البَرْقِ means what have assumed the form of chains (مَاتَسَلْسَلَ), of lightning, (M, K,) in the clouds; (M;) and السَّحَابِ [i. e., of the clouds in like manner]: (K: [but I think that وَالسَّحَابِ in the K is evidently a mistranscription for فِى السَّحَابِ the reading in the M:]) sing. سِلْسِلَةٌ (M, K) and ↓ سِلْسِلٌ, (K,) thus in the copies of the K, but in the L ↓ سِلْسِيلٌ, which is [said to be] the correct word. (TA. [See, however, what follows.]) And in like manner, سَلَاسِلُ الرَّمْلِ (assumed tropical:) What have assumed the form of chains (مَا تَسَلْسَلَ) of sands: (M:) or سَلَاسِلُ signifies (tropical:) sands that become accumulated, or congested, (يَنْعَقِدُ,) one upon another, and extended along: (A'Obeyd, S, O, K, TA:) you say رَمْلٌ ذُوسَلَاسِلَ (tropical:) [sands having portions accumulated, or congested, &c.]: and ذَاتُ سَلَاسِلَ, which has been expl. as meaning (assumed tropical:) elongated sands: (TA:) sing. سِلْسِلَةٌ (M, TA) and ↓ سِلْسلٌ, (M,) or ↓ سِلْسِيلٌ; and الرَّمْلِ ↓ سَلْسُولُ, with fet-h [to the first letter], is a dial. var. of سِلْسِيلُهُ. (TA.) b3: And سَلَاسِلُ كِتَابٍ (tropical:) The lines of a book or writing. (O, K, TA.) b4: and بِرْذَوْنٌ ذُو سَلَاسِلَ (assumed tropical:) [A hackney] upon whose legs one sees what resemble سَلَاسِل [or chains]. (M.) A2: Also The وَحَرَة, (O, K,) which is a small reptile, [a species of lizard, the same that is called السِلْسِلَةُ الرَّقْطَآءُ, (see أَرْقَطُ,)] spotted, black and white, having a slender tail, which it moves about when running. (TA.) سَلْسَالٌ: see سَلْسَلٌ, in two places.

سَلْسُولٌ: see سِلْسِلَةٌ.

سِلْسِيلٌ: see سِلْسِلَةٌ, in two places.

سُلَاسِلٌ: see سَلْسَلٌ.

سَالٌّ [act. part. n. of سَلَّ, Drawing out, or forth: &c. b2: Stealing: or stealing covertly, secretly, or clandestinely:] a thief; as also ↓ سَلَّالٌ [which is commonly applied in the present day to a horse-stealer and the like] and ↓ أَسَلُّ. (TA.) A2: See also سَلِيلٌ.

أَسَلُّ: see the next preceding paragraph.

إِسْلَالٌ A bribe. (S, M, K.) It is said in a trad., لَا إِغْلَالَ وَلَا إِسْلَالَ There shall be no treachery, or perfidy, and no [giving or receiving of a] bribe: or, and no stealing. (S in this art. and in art. غل. [See 4.]) مَسَلّ in the phrase مَضْجَعُهُ كَمَسَلِّ شَطْبَةٍ, in the trad. of Umm-Zara, meaning [His sleepingplace is] like a green palm-stick drawn forth from its skin [by reason of his slenderness], or, as some say, a sword drawn forth [from its scabbard], is [originally] an inf. n. used in the sense of a pass. part. n. (TA. [See also art. شطب.]) مِسَلَّةٌ A large needle: (S, M, Mgh, Msb, K:) [a packing-needle:] pl. مَسَالُّ. (S, Mgh, Msb.) مُسَلِّلٌ Subtle of machination in stealing. (TA.) مَسْلُولٌ: see سَلِيلٌ. b2: [Hence, elliptically,] A man (Msb) whose testicles have been extracted. (Mgh, Msb.) A2: Also Affected with the disease termed سِلّ: (S, M, Msb, K:) [regularly derived from سُلَّ, but] anomalous [as derived from أَسَلَّهُ]: (S, M, Msb:) Sb says, as though the سِلّ were put into him. (M.) A3: AA says that the مَسْلُولَة of غَنَم [meaning sheep or goats, i. e., applied to a شَاة, meaning a sheep or goat, or a ewe or she-goat,] is One whose powers, or forces, are of long continuance (اَلَّتِى يَطُولُ قُوَاهَا): and that one says [of such] فِى فِيهَا سَلَّةٌ [in which phrase فى seems evidently to have been preposed by mistake: see سَلَّةٌ]. (O, TA.) مُسَلْسَلٌ A thing having its parts, or portions, connected, one with another. (S, O.) b2: and [hence, (see سِلْسِلَةٌ,)] Chained; bound with the سِلْسِلَة. (TA.) [المَرْأَةُ المُسَلْسَلَةُ is the name of The constellation Andromeda; described by Kzw and others.] b3: (assumed tropical:) Lightning that assumes the form of chains (يَتَسَلْسَلُ) in its upper portions, and seldom, or never, breaks its promise [of being followed by rain]. (IAar, TA.) b4: Applied to hair, [as also ↓ مُتَسَلْسِلٌ, (K in art. حجن,) (assumed tropical:) Forming a succession of rimples, like water running in a shallow and rugged bed, or rippled by the wind; (see R. Q. 2;) or] crisp, or curly, or twisted, and contracted; syn. جَعْدٌ. (Mgh.) b5: (assumed tropical:) A sword having in it, or upon it, diversified wavy marks, streaks, or grain, resembling the سِلْسِلَة [or chain]. (TA.) [See also مُسَلَّسٌ.] b6: (assumed tropical:) A garment, or piece of cloth, figured with stripes, or lines; (K;) as also مُلَسْلَسٌ: as though formed by tranposition. (TA.) Also, and ↓ مُتَسَلْسِلٌ, (assumed tropical:) A garment, or piece of cloth, woven badly (M, K) and thinly. (M.) b7: حَدِيثٌ مُسَلْسَلٌ (assumed tropical:) A tradition [related by an uninterrupted chain of transmitters,] such as when one says, I met face to face such a one who said, I met face to face such a one, and so on, to the Apostle of God. (O, TA.) مُتَسَلْسِلٌ: see the next preceding paragraph, in two places. b2: Also (assumed tropical:) A garment worn until it has become thin, (TA.)