سلع

سِلْعٌ ذ A cleft, or fissure, in a mountain, (Lh, IAar, Yaakoob, S, K,) having the form of a crack; (TA;) as also ↓ سَلْعٌ, (S, K,) accord. to some: (S, TA:) pl. [of either] أَسْلَاعٌ (Yaakoob, S, K) and (of the latter, TA) سُلُوعٌ. (K.) -A2- Also A like, or fellow; (AA, L, K;) and so ↓ سَلْعٌ: (L, TA:) pl. أَسْلَاعٌ. (IAar, L, K.) You say, هٰذَا سِلْعُ هٰذَا This is the like of this. (TA.) And غُلَامَانِ سِلْعَانِ Two boys, or young men, that are fellows, or equals in age: and غِلْمَانٌ أَسْلَاعٌ. (Ibn-'Abbád, K.) And أَعْطَاهُ أَسْلَاعَ اـِبِلِهِ He gave him the likes, or fellows, of his camels. (L.) -A3- And the pl. أَسْلَاعٌ signifies also The portions of flesh that cling to the نَسَيَانِ [or two sciatic veins ] of a mare when she is fat. (Sgh, K.)