صلت

صَلْتٌ ذ , applied to the جَبِين [or side of the forehead], Conspicuous, or clear, or fair; syn. وَاضِحٌ: (S, A, K:) open, or uncovered, and even: (M, K:) or smooth: (TA:) anything bare; and open, or uncovered: (IAar, TA.) wide, even, and beautiful, or comely. (ISh, TA.) One says رَجُلٌ صَلْتُ الجَبِينِ A man conspicuous, or clear, or fair, in respect of the جبين: (M, TA:) or smooth and shining: (A:) or wide, white, conspicuous, or clear, or fair: (Khálid Ibn-Jembeh, TA:) or even: (A'Obeyd, TA:) or hard. (IAar, TA.) And رَجُلٌ صَلْتُ الوَجْهِ وَالخَدِّ A man conspicuous, or clear, or fair, in respect of the face and of the cheek. (TA.) And فُلَانٌ يُكَوِّنُ الأَسْوَدَ صَلْتًا [ Such a one makes the black to be white, or fair ]. (TA.) ― -b2- Also, and ↓ مُنْصَلِتٌ, (M, K,) and ↓ اـِصْلِيتٌ, applied to a sword, (S, M, A, K,) Sharp: (S:) or polished, and sharp, or penetrating: (K:) or unsheathed, and sharp, or penetrating: (M:) or such as penetrates into that which is smitten with it: (A:) but some say that a sword is not termed صَلْتٌ unless long: (TA:) or ↓ اـِصْلِيتٌ may have the same meaning as ↓ مُصْلَتٌ, i. e. unsheathed: (S:) accord. to AA, صَلْتٌ applied to a sword and to a knife and to a needle means having no sheath. (TA.) And one says, ضَرَبَهُ بِالسَّيْفِ صَلْتًا (S, M, A) and ↓ صُلْتًا (S, M) He smote him with sword unsheathed. (S, M, A.) ― -b3- صَلْتٌ applied to a man, as also ↓ أَصْلَتِىٌّ and ↓ مُنْصَلِتٌ (S, M, K) and ↓ مِصْلَتٌ and ↓ مِصْلَاتٌ, (S, K,) pl. [of the last] مَصَالِيتُ, (S,) Hard, firm, strong, or hardy, (M,) sharp, or penetrating, (S, M, K,) in affairs, (S,) or in needful affairs, (M, K,) light in clothing: (M:) and [in like manner] ↓ صَلَتَانٌ signifies sharp, or penetrating, and quick (مُنْصَلِتٌ), in his affair. (Ham p. 536.) ― -b4- See also صَلَتَانٌ below. ― -b5- And see صُلْتٌ. ― -b6- أَبُو الصَّلْتِ is a surname of The حِدَأَة [or kite ]. (TA in art. حدأ.)