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سملق

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

سَمْلَقٌ ذ An even plain; (K, TA;) like سَلَقٌ; mentioned by J in art. سلق; or a desert in which is no herbage: or an even tract of land destitute of herbage: and [the pl.] سَمَالِقُ signifies [ deserts such as are termed ] صَحَارَى: or, accord. to ElWáhidee, far-extending, long land. (TA.) [See an ex. in a verse cited voce أَرْقَلَ: and another voce رِيَاغٌ, in art. ريغ.] ― -b2- [Hence,] (assumed tropical:) A woman that bears no offspring: likened to land that does not give growth to anything. (TA.) ― -b3- (assumed tropical:) A woman bad in sexual intercourse; as also with ة. (TA.) And the latter, (assumed tropical:) A woman that has no اـِسْكَتَانِ [or labia majora of the vulva ]: (TA:) [or] a woman having no buttocks. (ISk, TA in art. رقع.) ― -b4- And (assumed tropical:) A clamorous old woman: or, accord. to AA, one of evil disposition. (TA.)

Derived headwords

سَمْلَقٌ
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