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1 صَقَلَهُ ذ , (S, M, O, Msb, K,) aor. صَقُلَ , (M, Msb,) inf. n. صَقْلٌ (S, M, O, Msb) and صِقَالٌ, (S, O, Msb,) or the latter is a simple subst., (M, K,) He polished it: (S, M, O, Msb, K;) i. e. a thing, (M,) or a sword, (S, O, Msb,) and the like: (Msb:) and so سَقَلَهُ. (S.) ― -b2- صَقَلَ النَّاقَةَ (assumed tropical:) He (a man, AA, O) made the she-camel lean, or light of flesh: (AA, O, K:) and in like manner it is said of journeying: (AA, O:) and in like manner also, الفَرَسَ the horse: (Sh, TA:) or this means he tended the horse well, with the coverings for protection from cold, and with fodder, and took good care of him. (TA. [See صِقَالٌ, below.]) ― -b3- صَقَلَهُ بِالعَصَا (tropical:) He struck him, or beat him, with the staff, or stick, (Z, O, K, TA,) and disciplined him. (Z, TA.) ― -b4- And صَقَلَ بِهِ الأَرْضَ (assumed tropical:) He flung him upon the ground (lit. smote the ground with him). (Aboo-Turáb, O, K.) -A2- صَقِلِ, aor. صَقَلَ , inf. n. صَقَلٌ, It (a thing, such as iron, and copper,) was smooth, solid, and impenetrable to water. (Msb.) -A3- And صَقِلَ, inf. n. صَقَلٌ, He (a man) differed, or varied, in his gait, or manner of walking. (Ibn-'Abbád, O.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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