See also: سئال

Arabic edit

Root
س ي ل (s-y-l)

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Noun edit

سَيَال or سِيَال (sayāl or siyālm (collective, singulative سَيَالَة f (sayāla) or سِيَالَة (siyāla))

  1. milk-vetch (Astragalus spp.) or other legume that lets a milky substance flow when plucked, usually of Acacieae tribe
    • a. 540, Imruʔ al-Qays, أمِنْ ذِكرِ سلمَى أنْ نأتْكَ تَنوصُ[1]:
      وَذِي أُشُرٍ تَشُوقُهُ وَتَشُوصُ
      مَنَابِتُهُ مِثْلُ ٱلسُدُوسِ وَلَوْنُهُ
      كَشَوْكِ السِيَالِ فَهُوَ عَذْبٌ يَفِيصُ
      wa-ḏī ʔušurin tašūqu-hū wa-tašūṣu
      manābitu-hū miṯlu s-sudūsi wa-lawnu-hū
      ka-šawki l-siyāli fa-huwa ʕaḏbun yafīṣu
      And these between-times thrutch him to and fro and rapture,
      its plantings equalling woad and the colour it passes,
      like milk-vetch, it’s a thing with but a sweetness that lapses.

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Adjective edit

سَيَّال (sayyāl) (feminine سَيَّالَة (sayyāla), masculine plural سَيَّالُونَ (sayyālūna), feminine plural سَيَّالَات (sayyālāt))

  1. flowing much, torrential, prone to flow

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Descendants edit

  • Azerbaijani: səyyal
  • Persian: سَيَّال
  • Ottoman Turkish: سَيَّال

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