ملح

مَلِيحٌ ذ and ↓ مُلَاحٌ and ↓ مُلَّاحٌ, (S, K,) but the last signifies more than the first, (T, S,) (tropical:) Goodly; beautiful; pretty; (S, Msb, K;) and beautiful of colour; or beautiful and bright; (Msb;) pleasing to the eye or ear; facetious: (the lexicons passim:) fem. of the first with ة: (Msb:) pl. of the same, مِلَاحٌ and أَمْلَاحٌ; (AA, S, K;) and of مُلَاحٌ, مُلَاحُونَ; and of مُلَّاحٌ, مُلَّاحُونَ. (K.) ― -b2- See مِلْحٌ. ― -b3- [ Facetious speech. ] ― -b4- One in whose counsel, or advice, one seeks a remedy; acc. to AA: hence the phrase قريش ملح الناس: acc. to some, one with whom one finds, or esteems, it pleasant to sit and converse. (IB, in TA, voce نِقَابٌ.) ― -b5- أَبُو المَلِيحِ [the bird Sifrid ]: see صِفْرِدٌ.