صلب

صَلِيبٌ ذ : see صُلْبٌ, former half, in five places. ― -b2- [Hence,] مَاآءٌ صَلِيبٌ (tropical:) Water upon which cattle grow fat and strong and hard. (A, TA.) ― -b3- And عَرَبِىٌّ صَلِيبٌ (tropical:) An Arabian of pure race: (A, Mgh, TA:) and اِمْرَأَةٌ صَلِيبَةٌ (tropical:) A woman of noble, or generous, origin. (A, TA.) -A2- Also Grease, or oily matter, (S, M, A, Msb, K,) of bones; (S, M, * Msb;) and so ↓ صَلَبٌ; (M, K;) which latter signifies also ichor, or watery humour, mixed with blood, that flows from the dead: (M:) pl. [of the former accord. to analogy, and perhaps of the latter also,] صُلُبٌ. (K.) Hence, in a trad., the phrase أَصْحَابُ الصُّلُبِ [in the CK ↓ الصَّلَبِ] Those who collect bones, (K, TA,) when the flesh has been stripped off from them, and cook them with water, (TA,) and extract their grease, or oily matter, and use it as a seasoning. (K, TA.) -A3- Also [ A cross; ] a certain thing pertaining to the Christians, (Lth, S, M, Msb, K,) which they take as an object to which to direct the face in prayer: (Lth, TA:) pl. [of mult.] صُلْبَانٌ (S, M, A, Msb) and صُلُبٌ (Lth, S, M) and [of pauc.] أَصْلُبٌ. (Msb.) ― -b2- [And The figure of a cross upon a garment &c.: see مُصَلَّبٌ.] ― -b3- And A certain brand, or mark made with a hot iron, upon camels; (M, K;) which, as Aboo- 'Alee says in the “ Tedhkireh, ” is sometimes large and sometimes small, and may be upon the cheeks, and the neck, and the thighs: (M, TA:) or, as some say, it is upon the temple; and as some say, upon the neck; being two lines, one upon [or across ] the other. (TA.) ― -b4- And i. q. عَلَمٌ [as meaning A banner, or standard; properly, in the form of a cross ]: (O, K:) En-Nábighah Edh-Dhubyánee is said to have thus called the عَلَم because there was upon it a صَلِيب [i. e. a cross]; for he was a Christian. (O.) ― -b5- [And hence, as Freytag says, (referring to the “ Historia Halebi ” and “ Locman. Fabul. ” p. ٤٣ The text is unclear, the number could be 43 or 42. 1. 5. 8,) (assumed tropical:) An army of ten thousand soldiers. ] ― -b6- And الصَّلِيبُ is the name of The four stars behind النَّسْرُ الطَّائِرُ [which is the asterism consisting of the three principal stars of Aquila; whence it seems to be the four principal stars of Delphinus ]: inconsiderately said by J to be behind النَّسْرُ الوَاقِعُ [which is α Lyræ]. (L, K, and so in the margin of some copies of the S,) [And Freytag says, (referring to Ideler Unters. p. 35,) that الصليب الواقع is the name of (assumed tropical:) Stars in the head of Draco. ] ― -b7- صَلِيبَانِ of a leathern bucket: see 1, last sentence but one. -A4- See also مَصْلُوبٌ.