1 سَالَ ذ , (S, M, Msb, K,) said of water, (S, Msb, TA,) or of a thing, (M,) aor. يَسِيلُ , (Msb, K,) inf. n. سَيْلٌ and سَيَلَانٌ (S, M, Msb, K, TA) and مَسِيلٌ and مَسَالٌ , (TA,) It flowed, or ran: (M, K, TA:) or, said of water, it rose so as to become excessively copious, and flowed, or ran: and سال said of thing, it was, or became, fluid, or liquid; contr. of جَمَدَ . (Msb.) -b2- The Arabs say, سَالَ بِهِمُ السَّيْلُ وَجَاشَ بِنَا البَحْرُ [ The torrent flowed with them, and the sea estuated with us so as to be unnavigable; ] meaning, (assumed tropical:) they fell into a hard case, and we fell into one that was harder than it: (M, Meyd:) a proverb. (Meyd.) -b3- And سَالَتْ عَلَيْهِ الخَيْلُ (tropical:) [ The horsemen poured upon him ]. (TA. [See also 6.]) -b4- And سالت الغُرَّةُ (assumed tropical:) [ The blaze upon the face of a horse ] extended, or spread, long and wide: (S:) [or, simply, extended down the face; as appears from an explanation of the word شِمْرَاخٌ in the S and K &c.: see also سَائِلَةٌ , below. And in like manner سال is often said of flowing, or defluent, hair.] -A2- سِيلَ &c. for سُئِلَ , pass, of سَأَلَ : see this last word, in art. سأل .

3 سَايَلْتُ ذ : see 3 in art. سأل .

4 اسالهُ ذ , (S, M, Msb, K,) inf. n. إِسَالَةٌ , (Msb,) He made it to flow, or run; (S, * M, Msb, K;) as also , (S, TA,) inf. n. تَسْيِيلٌ . (TA.) It is said in the Kur [xxxiv. 11], وَأَسَلْنَا لَهُ حِينَ القِطْرِ (M, TA) i. e. And we made [ the source of copper, or of brass, ] to flow, or run, for him. (TA.) -b2- And (assumed tropical:) He made it long, (M, K,) and complete; (M;) namely, the point of the iron head or blade an arrow or of a spear &c. (M, K.)

6 تسايلت الكَتَائِبُ ذ (tropical:) [ The troops of horse ] poured [ together ] from every quarter. (S, TA. [See also 1.]) -A2- همَا يَتَسَايَلَانِ : see 6 in art. سأل .