سلق

سَلُوقِىٌّ ذ [applied in the present day to A greyhound, and any hunting-dog; ] a sort of dog: (MA:) and a sort of coat of mail: (TA:) ↓ سَلُوقِيَّةٌ [as a coll. n.] is applied to certain coats of mail: (S, K: *) and to certain dogs: so called in relation to سَلُوقُ, [said by Freytag to be written in the K سَلُوقة, but it is there said to be like صَبُور,] a town in El-Yemen; (S, MA, K; *) or a town, or district, in the border of Armenia, (K,) called اللَّان [or لَان]: (TA:) or the coats of mail are so called in relation to the former سلوق; (so in a copy of the S;) and the dogs, in relation to سَلُوق which is the city of اللَّان [or لَان]: (S, TA: *) or both are so called in relation to سَلَقِيَّةُ, a town in the Greek Empire, (IDrd as on the authority of As, and K,) said by ElMes'oodee to have been on the shore of [the province of] Antioch, remains of which still exist; (TA;) and if so, it is a rel. n. altered from its proper form. (K, TA.) ― -b2- [It is also said in the TA to signify A sword: but a verse there cited, after Th, as an ex. of it in this sense, is mistranscribed, and casts doubt upon the orthography of the word, and upon this explanation.]