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سلء

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

سِلَاآءٌ ذ [ Clarified butter; ] the subst. from سَلَأَ السَّمْنَ: pl أَسْلِئَةٌ. (S, M, K.) El-Farezdak says, كَانُوا كَسَالِئَةٍ حَمْقَاآءَ اـِذْ حَقَنَتْ سِلَاآءَهَا فِى أَدِيمٍ غَيْرِ مَرْبُوبِ [ They were like a stupid female clarifying butter, when she collected her clarified butter in a skin not seasoned with rob ]. (S.) -A2- See also what follows.

Derived headwords

سِلَاآءٌ
  1. 1.
كَانُوا كَسَالِئَةٍ حَمْقَاآءَ اـِذْ حَقَنَتْ
سِلَاآءَهَا فِى أَدِيمٍ غَيْرِ مَرْبُوبِ