ملح

مَلَّاحٌ ذ A seller of salt: or a possessor of salt: (IAar, K:) as also ↓ مُتَمَلِّحٌ: (K:) which also signifies one who provides himself with salt for travelling-provision: or a trader in salt. (TA.) ― -b2- مَلَّاحٌ A sailor; a shipman; a seaman, or mariner: (T, S, K:) so called because constantly upon the salt water. (T.) ― -b3- Also, One who constantly attends to a river (نَهْر; in some copies of the K, بَحْر; TA) to put its mouth into a right or proper state. (K.) ― -b4- His occupation is called ↓ مِلَاحَةٌ and ↓ مَلَّاحِيَّةٌ. (K.)