سلك

سِلْكٌ ذ Thread, or string, (S, Mgh, K,) with which one sews: (K:) or upon which beads are strung; (Ham p. 42;) [ but ] not having beads upon it; for if it have, it is termed سِمْطٌ: (S and Mgh in art. سمط:) [in the present day it signifies wire: ] a pl. [or rather a coll. gen. n.] of which the sing. [or n. un.] is ↓ سِلْكَةٌ: the pl. [of pauc.] of سِلْكٌ is أَسْلَاكٌ and [of mult.] سُلُوكٌ. (K.) ― -b2- [Hence,] one says, هٰذَا كَلَامٌ رَقِيقُ السِّلْكِ (tropical:) This is speech, or language, [ subtile; or] abstruse in its course, or tenour; i. e. ↓ خَفِىُّ المَسْلَكِ. (TA.) ― -b3- And مَا أَنْتَ بِمُنْجَرِدِ السِّلْكِ, (AZ, TA in art. جرد,) or بِمُتَجَرِّدِ السِّلْكِ, (so in a copy of the A in that art.,) said to one who is shy, or bashful, (assumed tropical:) meaning [ Thou art ] not free from shyness in appearing [ before others ]: (AZ, TA in that art.:) or (tropical:) thou art not celebrated, or well-known. (A and TA in that art.) -A2- Also The first of what is emitted by the she-camel [ from her udder ], before the لِبَأ [or biestings ]. (Ibn-'Abbád, K.)