سلع

سِلْعَةٌ ذ [ A ganglion; ] a thing like the غُدَّة, that comes forth upon the body, or person; (K, * TA;) as also ↓ سَلْعَةٌ, (K,) which is the form of the word now commonly known, (TA,) and ↓ سَلَعَةٌ, (K,) and ↓ سِلَعَةٌ: (Ibn-'Abbád, K:) or an excrescence (S, Mgh, K) of flesh, (Mgh,) that arises in the body, (S, Mgh, K,) or a [ kind of spontaneous swelling that comes forth upon the body, such as is termed ] خُرَاج, (Msb,) like the غُدَّة, (S, Mgh, Msb, K,) that moves about when moved, (S, Msb, K,) or moves to and fro between the skin and the flesh, (Mgh,) and varies from [ the size of ] a chick-pea to [ that of ] a melon; (S, K;) also termed ضَوَاةٌ: (S:) the physicians say that it is a thick tumour, not adhering to the flesh, moving about when moved, having a cyst, or case which encloses it, and capable of increase, because it is extrinsic to the flesh, wherefore the doctors of practical law allow its being cut off, when it is safe to do so: (Msb:) or a خُرَاج [vide suprà] in the neck: (K:) or a غُدَّة in the neck: (Ibn-'Abbád, K:) pl. سِلَعٌ. (Msb.) ― -b2- [Hence,] A thing [i. e. a knob ] that comes forth in a tree. (AHn, TA in art. بلط.) ― -b3- [Hence also,] A leech; (K;) because it attaches itself to the body like the غُدَّة: (TA:) pl. سِلَعٌ. (K.) -A2- A commodity; an article of merchandise; (S, * Mgh, * Msb, K; *) a thing with which one trafficks: (K:) pl. سِلَعٌ. (Msb, K.)