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شَاعِلٌ ذ as used in a verse cited above (see 4) [may be the part. n. of the intrans. verb in the phrase شَعَلَتِ النَّارُ, and thus] may mean [Burning &c.; or] slightly burning: (Ham p. 715:) [or] it signifies ذُو إِِشْعَالٍ [having the quality of kindling, &c.; being said to be a possessive epithet], (S, O, K,) like تَامِرٌ and لَابِنٌ, having no verb: (S, O: [but see 4, first sentence:]) or it may be for ذُو شَعْلٍ, meaning مُشْعِلٌ. (Ham ubi suprà. [See, again, 4.]) ― -b2- See also the next paragraph.
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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