سيال

See also: سئال‎

Arabic

Etymology

From the root س ي ل‎ (s-y-l).

Noun

سَيَال or سِيَال • (sayāl or siyāl) m (collective, singulative سَيَالَة‎ f (sayāla) or سِيَالَة‎ f (siyāla))

  1. spp. of milk-vetch or a legume that lets a milky substance flow when plucked, usually of Acacieae tribe
    • ‏وَذي أُشُرٍ تَشوقُهُ وَتَشوصُ
      مَنابِتُهُ مِثلُ السُدوسِ وَلَونُهُ
      كَشَوكِ السِيالِ فَهوَ عَذبٌ يَفيصُ
      ‎
      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.

Declension

Descendants

Adjective

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

  1. flowing much, torrential, prone to flow

Declension

References

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