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شُعْلَةٌ ذ A firebrand; a piece of wood in which fire is kindled; (Az, K, * TA;) like جِذْوَةٌ and قَيَسٌ and شِهَابٌ: (Az, TA:) [this is what is meant by its being said that] what is termed شُعْلَةٌ مِنْ نَارٍ [the only indication of the meaning in the S and O] is well known: (Msb:) pl. شُعَلٌ; (S, O, TA;) erroneously said in the K to be like كُتُبٌ. (TA.) [Hence,] one says, فُلَانٌ شُعْلَةُ نَارٍ (assumed tropical:) [Such a one is a firebrand]. (Er-Rághib, TA voce ذَكَآءٌ, q. v.) ― -b2- And [A lighted wick: so in the present day: (see also شَعِيلَةٌ:) or] the burnt [or lighted] extremity of a wick. (S voce قِرَاطٌ. [And the same meaning is intended there in the K; and also in the TA voce جِذْوَةٌ.]) ― -b3- And The flame of fire; as also ↓ شُعْلُولٌ . (K, * TA. [In the CK شُعُول; as though it were a second pl. of شُعْلَةٌ.]) ― -b4- And شُعْلَةُ, (O, K, TA,) without ال, (K, TA,) is the name of A mare of Keys Ibn-Sebáa; (O, K, TA;) likened to the kindling of fire, because of her swiftness. (TA.) ― -b5- See also شَعَلٌ, in three places.
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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