سَهْلٌ
1.
Smooth or soft, plain or level, or smooth and soft: (Msb:) or anything inclining to smoothness or softness, plainness or levelness, or smoothness and softness; (JK, M, K;) inclining to have little roughness, or ruggedness and hardness; (JK, M, TA;) and
سَهِلٌ signifies the same. (K.) You say أَرْضٌ سَهْلَةٌ, [meaning the same as سَهْلٌ used as a subst., explained in what follows,] (S, Msb,) opposite of
حَزْنَةٌ. (TA.) See also 2, last sentence.
2.
Also Easy, or facile; (MA, Mgh, KL;) opposite of
صَعْبٌ. (Mgh.) You say رَجُلٌ سَهْلُ الخُلُقِ [A man easy of disposition]: (S, Msb, * TA:) [and] سَهْلُ المَقَادَةِ [easy to be led]. (TA.) And كَلَامٌ سَهْلُ المَأْخَذِ (tropical:) [Language easy in respect of the source of derivation]. (TA.) رَجُلٌ سَهْلُ
الوَجْهِ, (K, TA,) a phrase mentioned, but not explained, by Lh, (TA,) means A man having little flesh in the face, (K, TA,) in the opinion of ISd: and [it is said that] سَهْلُ الخَدَّيْنِ, in a description of the approved characteristics of the Prophet, means having expanded cheeks, not elevated in the balls thereof. (TA.)
3.
[As a subst.,] A smooth or soft, plain or level, or smooth and soft, tract of land; [generally meaning a soft tract, or a plain;] (IF, S, MA, Mgh, Msb, K, TA;) i. e. opposite of
جَبَلٌ, (S, Msb,) or of
حَزْنٌ: (IF, Mgh, Msb, K, TA:) it is one of the nouns that are used as adv. ns. [of place]: (TA:) [for example you say, نَزَلُوا سَهْلًا, (a phrase occurring in the TA,) meaning They alighted and abode in a
سهل:] plural سُهُولٌ (MA, Msb, K) and سُهُولَةٌ [of which latter an example occurs in a verse cited voce رَأْسٌ.] (MA.)
4.
Also The crow; i. e. raven, carrion-crow, rook, &c.; synonym غُرَابٌ. (K.)