ثَالَ
1.
, (T, Sgh, K,) aorist يَثُولُ, verbal noun ثَوْلٌ, (T,) He (a man, T) was, or became, stupid, foolish, or disordered in his intellect: (K:) or he was, or became, affected with incipient madness or demoniacal possession, not such as had become confirmed. (T, Sgh, K.) You say to a man, when you order him to be stupid and ignorant, ثُلْ ثُلْ. (IAar, Th, T.)
2.
And ثَوِلَ, (T, M, Msb, K,) aorist يَثْوَلُ, (T,) verbal noun ثَوَلٌ, (T, M,) He (a man, and any animal,) was, or became, affected with confirmed madness or demoniacal possession: (T:) he (a sheep or goat) was, or became, affected with what is termed
ثَوَلٌ, explained below; (M, Msb, K;) as also, according to Sb,
اثول; (so in the TT, as from the M;) or
اِثْوَلَّ, verbal noun اِثْوِلَالٌ. (K.)