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Q. Q. 4 اِسْمَأَلَّ ذ , (S, O, K,) inf. n. اِسْمِئلَالٌ, (S,) He (a man, O) was, or became, slender, lean, or lank, (S, O, K,) in the belly. (S, * O, * K.) ― -b2- Said of the shade, It contracted; or went away; syn. قَلَصَ, (O,) or اِرْتَفَعَ. (TA.) The phrase إِِذَا ا@سْمَأَلَّ التُّبَّعُ, in a verse which is here cited in the S and O and TA, [and which I have cited in art. تبع,] means [accord. to J,] إِِذَا رَجَعَ الظِّلُّ إِِلَى أَصْلِ العُودِ [app. When the shade cast by the leaves of a tree returns to the lower part of the branch; i. e. when the sun becomes high: virtually the same as when the shade contracts]: (S, TA:) or, as some say, by التُّبَّعُ is meant [the star, or asterism, called] الدَّبَرَان, and the phrase means when الدبران rises. (TA. [See art. تبع.]) ― -b3- Said of a person's face, It became altered in consequence of emaciation. (TA.) ― -b4- See also 1, last sentence but one.
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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