Lane's Lexicon (Edward Lane, 1863)

أَسْوَدُ صَالِخٌ ذ i. q. أَسْوَدُ سَالِخٌ [q. v.], A certain species of serpents, that casts off its slough. (AHát, L.) ― -b2- And جَرَبٌ صَالِخٌ i. q. سَالِخٌ [i. e. Excoriating mange or scab ]: (K, TA:) it is such as occurs in the hinder part of the camel, and one doubts not its extending over the whole of his body. (TA.)

أَصْلَخُ ذ , (S, K, &c.,) so accord. to all the people of El-Koofeh, but the people of El-Basrah and the Arabs of that region say أَصْلَجُ, (IAar, TA,) Deaf: (Fr, A'Obeyd, TA:) or deaf so as not to hear at all: (S, K, TA:) or very deaf: (Mgh:) or أَصَمُّ أَصْلَخُ has this last meaning. (IAar, TA.) Fr said, (S,) كَانَ الكُمَيْتُ أَصَمَّ أَصْلَخَ, meaning El-Kumeyt was deaf so as not to hear at all. (S, A. *) -A2- Also A camel affected with mange, or scab: [or having mange, or scab, by which he is excoriated: like أَسْلَخُ:] fem. صَلْخَاآءُ: and pl. صَلْخَى. (K.) ― -b2- And Affected with [ the malignant species of leprosy termed ] بَرَص. (TA.)

1 صَلَادَةٌ ذ and صُلُودَةٌ , [inf. ns. of which the verb is صَلُدَ,] used in relation to a stone [&c.], signify The being hard and smooth. (M.) [And صَلْدٌ has a similar meaning.] You say, صَلَدَتِ الأَرْضُ, and ↓ أَصْلَدَت, The land was, or became, hard: (K:) or (tropical:) so that it produced no plants, or herbage: (TA:) and صَلَدَ المَكَانُ, and ↓ أَصْلَدَ, (M, TA,) the place was, or became, hard: (TA:) or (assumed tropical:) produced no plants, or herbage. (M.) And صَلَدَ عَلَيْهِ الجَبَلُ, aor. صَلِدَ , inf. n. صَلْدٌ; and صَلُدَ, [aor. صَلُدَ ,] inf. n. صَلَادَةٌ and صُلُودَةٌ and صُلُودٌ; The mountain, or rock, baffled him, namely, a welldigger, [ by its hardness, ] and resisted his efforts. (M.) ― -b2- [Hence,] صَلَدَ الزَّنْدُ, (M, K, and so in some copies of the S,) aor. صَلِدَ , inf. n. صَلْدٌ; (M;) or صَلِدَ, with kesr to the ل, aor. صَلَدَ , inf. n. صُلُودٌ; (AZ, S;) The زند [or piece of stick, or wood, for producing fire ] gave a sound without emitting fire; (S, M, K;) and ↓ اصلد signifies [the same, or] it emitted no fire. (Ham p. 407.) ― -b3- And [hence,] صَلَدَتْ زِنَادُهُ [lit. “ His pieces of stick, or wood, for producing fire, gave a sound without emitting fire ”] means (tropical:) He was, or became, niggardly, tenacious, penurious, or avaricious: (AA, L, TA:) and صَلُدَ, alone, aor. صَلُدَ , (M, A, K,) inf. n. صَلَادَةٌ; (M, A;) and صَلَدَ, (M, A,) aor. صَلِدَ , (M,) or صَلُدَ , (A,) inf. n. صَلْدٌ, (M,) or صُلُودٌ; (A;) and ↓ صلّد, inf. n. تَصْلِيدٌ; (K;) signify the same: (M, K:) or he was, or became, very niggardly &c. (A.) ― -b4- And صَلَدَتْ صَلَعَتُهُ, or صَلْعَتُهُ, (accord. to different copies of the K, in the TA the former,) The bald place on the front of his head shone, or glistened. (K, TA.) صَلَدَ is also used in the same sense, in a trad., in relation to milk flowing forth. (TA.) ― -b5- And one says, جَاآءَ بِمَرَقٍ يَصْلِدُ, and بِلَبَنٍ يَصْلِدُ, meaning He brought broth, and milk, containing little oily, or greasy, matter, and much water: for يَصْلِتُ. (T in art. صلت.) ― -b6- صَلَدَتْ أَنْيَابُهُ His canine teeth caused a grating sound to be heard. (K, * TA.) ― -b7- صَلَدَ بِيَدَيْهِ He clapped with his hands. (M.) ― -b8- صَلَدَتِ الدَّابَّةُ, aor. صَلِدَ , (K,) inf. n. صَلْدٌ, (TA,) The beast beat the ground with its fore feet in its running. (K.) ― -b9- صَلَدَ, (M,) or صَلَدَ فِى الجَبَلِ, (K,) aor. صَلِدَ , inf. n. صَلْدٌ, said of a mountain-goat, (M,) He ascended the mountain. (M, K.) ― -b10- تَصْلُدُ, [or probably تَصْلِدُ,] said of a wild cow or wild ox (بَقَرَة وَحْشِيَّة), in a verse ascribed to a Hudhalee, [but not found by SM in the Deewán of the Hudhalees,] is expl. as meaning She, or he, stands erect. (TA.) -A2- صَلَدَ السَّائِلَ (assumed tropical:) He gave nothing to the asker, or beggar. (L.)

2 صَلَّدَ see the preceding paragraph.

4 اصلد ذ : see 1, in three places. ― -b2- Also (tropical:) He (a man) failed to produce fire with his زَنْد [or piece of stick, or wood, used for that purpose ]. (S, A.) ― -b3- And اصلد زَنْدَهُ (tropical:) He made his زند to give a sound without emitting fire. (M, TA.) And (tropical:) He (God) caused his زند to emit no fire. (A.) And سَأَلَهُ فَأَصْلَدَ (assumed tropical:) He asked, or begged, of him, and found him niggardly: thus related on the authority of IAar; but by rule it should be فَأَصْلَدَهُ. (M.)

صَلْدٌ ذ Hard and smooth; (S, M, A, K;) as also ↓ صِلْدٌ (K) and ↓ صَلُودٌ (M) and ↓ صَلِيدٌ (A) and ↓ أَصْلَدُ; (M;) applied to a stone; (S, M, A;) and so the first applied to land or ground (أَرْض); (S;) and to a solid hoof, as also ↓ صِلْدِمٌ and ↓ صُلَادِمٌ, which last is of the measure فُعَالِمٌ accord. to Kh, but فُعَالِلٌ accord. to others; (M;) and to a side of the forehead, (S, M,) or thus applied meaning smooth and tough; (L;) and to a head, as also ↓ صُلَادِمٌ, (M,) or thus applied meaning (tropical:) upon which no hair grows: (A:) and ↓ صَلَوْدَدٌ, (M, K,) which is of an extr. form, (M,) has the first of the significations above, (K,) or signifies [simply] hard: (M:) the pl. of صَلْدٌ (M, L) and of ↓ صَلُودٌ (M) is أَصْلَادٌ. (M, L.) ― -b2- Also applied to a place, (مَكَانٌ, M,) and صَلْدَةٌ applied to land, (أَرْضٌ, A,) (tropical:) That produces no plants, or herbage. (M, A.) And أَصْلَادُ الجَبِينِ (tropical:) The part of the side of the forehead upon which is no hair: likened to smooth stone. (A Heyth.) ― -b3- [Hence,] حَجَرٌ صَلْدٌ and ↓ صَلُودٌ (tropical:) A stone that will not emit fire: (L, TA:) and ↓ زَنْدٌ صَلُودٌ (M, A) and ↓ صَالِدٌ and ↓ صَلَّادٌ and ↓ مِصْلَادٌ (M) [and ↓ مُصْلِدٌ] (tropical:) [ A piece of stick, or wood, for producing fire ] that gives a sound, (M,) not emitting fire: (M, A:) and ↓ عُودٌ صَلَّادٌ (tropical:) Wood, or a stick, from which fire cannot be produced. (T, L, K. *) ― -b4- And فَرَسٌ صَلْدٌ (K) and ↓ صَلُودٌ (S, M, A, K) (tropical:) A horse that does not sweat: (S, A, K:) such a horse is discommended: (K:) or slow to sweat: or having little seminal fluid: and slow in impregnating. (M.) ― -b5- And رَجُلٌ صَلْدٌ (M) and ↓ صَلُودٌ (M, A) and ↓ أَصْلَدُ (S, M, A, K) (tropical:) A niggardly, tenacious, penurious, or avaricious, man: (S, M, K:) or a man very niggardly &c. (A.) ― -b6- And نَاقَةٌ صَلْدَةٌ (tropical:) A hardy, strong, enduring she-camel. (K.) And خَيْلٌ صِلَادٌ (tropical:) Hard, hardy, or strong, horses. (A.) [And ↓ صِلْدَامٌ, also, signifies Robust, or strong. (Freytag, from Jereer.)]

صِلْدٌ ذ : see صَلْدٌ, first sentence.

صِلْدَاآءٌ ذ and صِلْدَاآءَةٌ Rugged and hard ground, (ISk, K,) (assumed tropical:) that produces no plants, or herbage. (ISk.)

صِلْدِمٌ ذ : see صَفْدٌ, first sentence.

صِلْدَامٌ ذ : see صَلْدٌ, last sentence.

صَلُودٌ ذ : see صَلْدٌ, in six places. ― -b2- Also, applied to a well, Such that its mountain, or rock, baffles the digger [ by its hardness ], and resists his efforts. (M.) ― -b3- (tropical:) A she-camel having little, or no, milk; as also ↓ مِصْلَادٌ: (S, A, K:) and the latter, [which in the former case is written in some copies of the K with ة,] that has brought forth and has no milk. (K. [But this is said in the TA to be a repetition.]) ― -b4- (assumed tropical:) A woman in whom is little, or no, good: or hard, having no compassion in her heart. (M.) ― -b5- (tropical:) A cooking-pot (قِدْرٌ) slow to boil. (S, M, A, K.) ― -b6- A beast (دَابَّةٌ) that beats the ground with its fore feet in its running. (TA.) ― -b7- One who ascends a mountain by reason of fear; (K, TA;) as also ↓ مِصْلَادٌ: (TA:) [or] a mountain-goat that ascends the mountain. (M.) ― -b8- And Alone, apart from others, or separate; (As, L, K;) as also ↓ صَلِيدٌ. (K.)

صَلِيدٌ ذ : see صَلْدٌ, first sentence: ― -b2- and صَلُودٌ, last sentence. -A2- Also A shining, gleaming, or glistening. (K.)

صَلَّادٌ ذ : see صَلْدٌ, in two places; and مُصْلِدٌ.

صُلَادِمٌ ذ : see صَلْدٌ, first sentence, in two places.

صَلَوْدَدٌ ذ : see صَلْدٌ, first sentence.

صَالِدٌ ذ : see صَلْدٌ. ― -b2- أَنْيَابٌ صَالِدَةٌ Canine teeth causing a grating sound to be heard; (K, * TA;) as also صَوَالِدُ, (K, TA,) which is the pl. (TA.)

أَصْلَدُ ذ : see صَلْدٌ, first sentence: ― -b2- and see the same also near the end of the paragraph.

مُصْلِدٌ ذ : see صَلْدٌ. ― -b2- [Hence,] one says, لَيْسَ بِمُصْلِدِ القَدْحِ [lit. He is not one whose wood gives only a sound when one endeavours to produce fire from it; meaning (assumed tropical:) he is not one who ungenerously refuses when asked ]; an expression of praise; (TA in art. كسر;) and [in like manner] القَدْحِ ↓ لَيْسَ بِصَلَّادِ. (TA. in art. هش.) -A2- Also Milk milked into a greasy vessel, and therefore without froth. (K.)

مِصْلَادٌ ذ : see صَلْدٌ: ― -b2- and صَلُودٌ, in two places.

2 صَلَّطَهُ ا@للّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ ذ , inf. n. تَصْلِيطٌ, a dial. var. of سَلَّطَهُ, q. v. (Ibn-' Abbád, K.)

1 صَلِعَ ذ , aor. صَلَعَ , (Msb, K,) inf. n. صَلَعٌ, (S, * O, * Msb, K, * TA,) He (a man, S, O, K *) was, or became, bald in the fore part of the head: (S, * O, * Msb, K: * but in the Msb it is said in this sense of the head:) or in the fore part of the head to the kinder part thereof: and likewise in the middle of the head. (TA.) [See also جَلِحَ The original text has a dot above the jeem. and جَلَحٌ.] Accord. to Ibn-Seenà, the baldness termed صَلَعٌ does not happen to women, because of the abundance of their moisture; nor to eunuchs, because their constitutions are nearly like those of women. (Msb.) ― -b2- [Hence,] صَلِعَتِ العُرْفُطَةُ, inf. n. as above, (tropical:) The عرفطة [a species of mimosa] dropped the heads of its branches: and had them eaten by the camels. (TA.) ― -b3- See also 7. -A2- صَلَعَ رَأْسَهُ [perhaps a mistranscription for ↓ صَلَّعَ, and primarily signifying He made his head bald in the fore part: ] (tropical:) he shaved his head. (Z, TA.) -A3- صَلَعَ said of such as is termed عِذْيَوْط, [but the verb in this sense is probably ↓ صَلَّعَ, (see this latter,)] He voided his ordure (أَحْدَثَ) on the occasion of جِمَاع. (TA.)

2 صلّع ذ : see above, last sentence but one. ― -b2- صلّعت الحَيَّةُ (tropical:) The serpent came forth from concealment (بَرَزَت) without any earth, or dust, upon it. (Ibn- 'Abbád, O, K, TA. [But in the O, the verb in this and the following senses is carelessly written without the sheddeh.]) -A2- صلّع, inf. n. تَصْلِيعٌ, (said of a man, IAar, TA,) i. q. أَعْذَرَ [meaning He voided his ordure: see تَصْلِيعٌ as a subst., below; and what here follows]. (IAar, K, TA.) And صلّع فُلَانٌ, (inf. n. as above, TA,) Such a one put his hand evenly expanded (K, TA) on the ground (TA) and voided his ordure or his ordure in a thin state (سَلَحَ): (K, TA:) thus expl. by Lth. (TA.) See also 1, last sentence.

5 تصلّعت السَّمَاآءُ ذ (assumed tropical:) The sky became bared by the disruption of its clouds. (TA.) ― -b2- See also what next follows.

7 انصلعت الشَّمْسُ ذ (tropical:) The sun rose, or began to rise: syn. بَزَغَت: or culminated: or came forth from the clouds, (O, K, TA,) appearing in the time of intense heat, with nothing intervening and concealing it; (TA;) and so ↓ تِصلّعت, (O, K, TA,) and ↓ صَلَعَت [or more probably صَلِعَت]. (TA.)

8 اصطلع ذ , accord. to Reiske, as stated by Freytag, signifies He, or it, was defiled, or polluted; “ conspurcatus fuit: ” but he names no authority.]

صَلَعٌ ذ Baldness in the fore part of the head: (S, O, Msb, K:) or in the fore part of the head to the hinder part thereof: and likewise in the middle of the head. (TA. [See صَلِعَ, of which it is the inf. n.: and see also جَلَحٌ.]) ― -b2- Also a dial. var. of صُلَّعٌ, q. v. (TA.) ― -b3- One says also, لَأُقِيمَنَّ صَلَعَكَ meaning [ I will assuredly straighten ] thy [ natural ] crookedness; like ضَلَعَكَ. (TA in art. ضلع, from the T and M.)

صَلْعَةٌ ذ : see what next follows.

صُلْعَةٌ ذ : see what next follows.

صَلَعَةٌ ذ A place of baldness such as is termed صَلَعٌ; (S, O, Msb, K;) as also ↓ صُلْعَةٌ; (S, O, K;) and ↓ صَلْعَةٌ is said to be a contraction of the first, (O, Msb,) by Lth, (O,) but it is disallowed by the thoroughly learned. (Msb.)

صَلَاعٌ ذ , (O, K,) accord. to Ibn-'Abbád, with kesr, (O,) like كِتَابٌ, (K,) in the L [written] with damm, (TA,) The heat of the sun. (O, K.)

صَلِيعٌ ذ : see أَصْلَعُ. ― -b2- [Hence,] (tropical:) A mountain having upon it no plants, or herbage. (O, K, TA.)

صُلَيْعَاآءُ ذ : see أَصْلَعُ, in six places.

صُلَّعٌ ذ : see صُلَّاعٌ. ― -b2- Accord. to As, (S, O, TA,) (tropical:) A place that produces no plants, or herbage; (S, O, K, TA;) whether it be a mountain or land; (TA;) from صَلَعٌ in relation to the head; (S, O, TA;) and ↓ صَلَعٌ is also syn. with صُلَّعٌ in the sense expl. above. (TA.) And [the n. un.] صُلَّعَةٌ signifies A smooth rock. (TA.)

صُلَّاعٌ ذ , (S, O, K,) or ↓ صُلَّعٌ, (K,) or the latter also, which is app. a contraction of the former, (S, O,) (assumed tropical:) Broad, (S, O, K, TA,) hard, (K, TA,) smooth, (TA,) rock: (S, O, K, TA:) n. un. (of the former, S, O, [and of the latter also,]) with ة. (S, O, K.)

صَوْلَعٌ ذ : see the next paragraph.

أَصْلَعُ ذ , applied to a man, (S, O, Msb,) Bald in the fore part of the head; (S, Mgh, O, Msb, K;) denoting more than أَجْلَحُ: (Mgh:) or bald in the fore part of the head to the hinder part thereof: (TA:) and likewise, (TA,) or accord. to As, (O,) bald in the middle of the head: (O, TA:) and applied also to a head, (Msb, TA,) meaning bald in the fore part: (Msb:) and ↓ صَلِيعٌ signifies the same, applied to a head, (Msb, TA,) and to a man: (Msb:) fem. صَلْعَاآءُ; (K;) but some disapprove this, and say that the fem. epithet is زَعْرَاآءُ, and قَرْعَاآءُ: (TA:) the pl. is صُلْعٌ (O, Msb, K) and صُلْعَانٌ: (O, K:) ↓ أُصَيْلِعُ is the dim. of the masc., [and ↓ صُلَيْعَاآءُ is that of the fem.,] meaning as expl. above. (TA.) ― -b2- [Hence,] the fem., applied to a tree such as is termed عُرْفُطَة, [a species of mimosa,] (tropical:) That has dropped the heads of its branches: (S, TA:) and that has had its branches eaten by the camels. (TA.) ― -b3- And, applied to a tract of sand, (رَمْلَةٌ, S, O, K,) and to a land, (أَرْضٌ, K,) (tropical:) In which are no trees: (S, O, TA:) and (TA) in which is no herbage. (O, K, TA.) It also occurs, alone, as meaning (assumed tropical:) A desert (صَحْرَاآء) that produces nothing; like the head termed أَصْلَع. (TA.) And ↓ صُلَيْعَاآءُ, applied to a land, (assumed tropical:) That produces no plants, or herbage. (TA.) ― -b4- And the masc., applied to a mountain, (assumed tropical:) Open to view, smooth, and glistening. (TA.) ― -b5- And, applied to a spear-head, (tropical:) Glistening and smooth: (O, TA:) or polished; (K;) and so ↓ صَوْلَعٌ. (O, K.) ― -b6- [Hence also,] ↓ الأُصَيْلِعُ signifies (tropical:) The penis. (O, K, TA.) And الأَصْلَعُ is said to signify (tropical:) The head of the penis. (TA.) ― -b7- And ↓ الأُصَيْلِعُ, (S, O, K, TA,) or الأَصْلَعُ, (TA,) (assumed tropical:) A certain serpent, slender in the neck, (S, O, K, TA,) or, accord. to Az, wide in the neck, round in the head, (TA,) its head being like a hazel-nut: (S, O, K, TA:) thought by Az to be so called as being likened to the penis. (TA.) ― -b8- أَصْلَعُ applied to an affair, or event, (أَمْرٌ,) means (assumed tropical:) Hard, distressing, or calamitous; (TA;) and so applied to a day; as also أَجْلَحُ: (A and TA in art. جلح:) or, applied to a day, (tropical:) intensely hot. (Ibn-'Abbád, Z, O, TA.) ― -b9- Also, the fem., [used as a subst.,] (tropical:) Any notorious affair or event; or any such affair that is dubious, of great magnitude or moment, to accomplish which, or to perform which, one finds not the way: (O, K, TA:) and (tropical:) a calamity, or misfortune, (S, O, K, TA,) [or] such as is hard to be borne; [as though it were smooth and slippery;] because there is no escape from it: (TA:) and [in like manner] ↓ صُلَيْعَاآءُ (O, K, TA) and صَلْعَاآءُ, and سَوْءَةٌ صَلْعَاآءُ and ↓ صُلَيْعَاآءُ, (TA,) an evil, abominable, or unseemly, action or saying, such as is apparent, manifest, or unconcealed: (O, K, TA:) or a calamity, or misfortune, hard to be borne: (K, TA:) and hence the saying of 'Áïsheh to Mo'áwiyeh, (O, K, TA,) when she reproached him for his having asserted the relationship to him of Ziyád, and he replied that the witnesses gave testimony, (O, K, * TA, [see Abulfedæ Annales, i. 360,]) مَا شَهِدَتِ الشُّهُودُ وَلٰكِنْ رَكِبْتَ ↓ الصُّلَيْعَاآءَ [ The witnesses did not bear witness (in the CK, erroneously, ما شَهِدْتَ الشُهُودَ,) but thou committedst that which was an evil, abominable, or unseemly, action, &c.]. (O, K, TA.) ― -b10- ↓ صُلَيْعَاآءُ is also said to signify (assumed tropical:) The act of glorying, or boasting; syn. فَخْرٌ. (TA.)

أُصَيْلِعُ ذ , dim. of أَصْلَعُ: (TA:) see the latter, in three places.

تَصْلِيعٌ ذ inf. n. of 2 [q. v.]. (K, TA.) ― -b2- And a subst., like تَمْتِينٌ and تَنْبِيتٌ, signifying Ordure, or dung; or such as is thin; syn. سُلَاحٌ: (TA:) thus expl. by Lth. (O.)

1 صَلَغَتِ البَقَرَةُ ذ , and الشَّاةُ, (S, O, K,) aor. صَلَغَ , (O,) inf. n. صُلُوغٌ, (S, O,) i. q. سَلَغَت, (S, O, K,) i. e. The bovine animal, and the sheep or goat, shed the tooth [ next ] behind that called the سَدِيس: (S and K in art. سلغ;) or bred its [ tooth called the ] نَاب: (K in that art. [in which see more]:) or صَلَغَ said of any cloven-hoofed animal, aor. and inf. n. as above, signifies he entered the sixth year: or, as some say, the fifth: this is the utmost of the ages thereof [that have verbs and epithets to denote them]: (Msb:) صُلُوغٌ (Mgh, Msb) in these animals (Msb) or in sheep or goats and animals of the bovine kind (Mgh) is like بُزُولٌ in camels. (Mgh, Msb.)

صَلَغٌ ذ : see صَلَغَةٌ. -A2- Also A red [ hill or mountain, such as is termed ] هَضْبَة [q. v.]. (O, K.)

صَلْغَةٌ ذ A large ship or boat. (Lth, O, K.)

صَلَغَةٌ ذ [a n. un. of which ↓ صَلَغٌ is the coll. gen. n., as is indicated in the O and TA,] applied to a she-camel i. q. رَبَاعِيَةٌ [i. e. In her seventh year ], and fat: or i. q. سَدِيسٌ [i. e. in the eighth year ]. (AA, O, K.)

صَالِغٌ ذ part. n. of 1 [q. v.], (S, O, Msb, K,) an epithet applied to the male and the female of all cloven-hoofed animals, (Msb,) or to an animal of the bovine kind and to the sheep or goat, (S, O, K,) I. q. سَالِغٌ, (IDrd, O, TA,) which latter is said by Sb to be the original, the ص being substituted for the س because of the غ: (TA:) or, applied to a sheep or goat (Ibn-Abbád, O, K) and to a bovine animal, (K,) it is like قَارِحٌ [q. v.] applied to a horse: (Ibn-'Abbád, O, K:) or in the fifth year, (As, IF, O, K,) as applied to a sheep: (As, IF, O:) or in the sixth year, (AZ, O, K,) as applied to a sheep or goat: (AZ, O:) or a sheep or goat advanced in age: (IDrd, O:) [see more in art. سلغ:] the pl. is صُلَّغٌ (IAar, S, O, K) and صَوَالِغُ, (IAar, O, K,) both of which are applied to كِبَاش, (K,) [or rather] the former pl. is thus applied by Ru-beh, who by كِبَاش in this instance means “ heroes, ” or “ brave men. ” (S, O.)

1 صَلِفَ السَّحَابُ ذ , [aor. صَلَفَ ,] inf. n. صَلَفٌ, The clouds had in them no water: (M:) or صَلِفَتِ السَّحَابَةُ the cloud had little water. (A, TA. [It is implied in the TA that this is tropical; but I doubt its being so.]) See also its part. n., صَلِفٌ. ― -b2- صَلِفَ said of a man's حَرْث [or seed-produce], It did not increase, or multiply, or become plentiful or abundant. (TA.) ― -b3- صَلَفٌ as a quality of طَعَام [or wheat] signifies Its having little increase (نُزْل, S, or نَزَل, L, or نَمَاآء and بَرَكَة, K) and little goodness. (L, TA: said in the latter to be tropical.) ― -b4- [Hence, app., or from the verb as used in the sense expl. in the next sentence below,] مَنْ يَبْغِ, فِى الدِّينِ يَصْلَفْ, (S, M, Meyd, &c.,) a prov., (S, Meyd, O, K,) relating to the holding fast to religion, (S,) or used in urging to the mixing in social intercourse with the holding fast to religion, (O, K,) or, accord. to IAth, a trad., (TA,) i. e., accord. to As, He who exceeds the right bounds in religion (Meyd) will not be in favour with men, or beloved by them; (S, Meyd;) or will have little increase therein: (M:) or he who finds fault with men in respect of religion, (O, K,) and regards it as an excellence [ that he possesses ] above them, will have little goodness in their estimation, and (O) will not be in favour with them, or beloved by them: (O, K:) or the meaning is, he who seeks worldly good by means of religion, his share of the former will be little: (Meyd:) or he who seeks, in respect of religion, more than he has had revealed to him, his share will be little. (IAth.) ― -b5- صَلِفَتْ, (S, M, O,) aor. صَلَفَ , (S, O,) inf. n. صَلَفٌ, said of a woman, means She was not in favour with, or was not beloved by, (S, M, O, K, *) her husband, (S, O, K,) or him by whom she was supported; (M;) and was hated by him. (S, O.) ― -b6- صَلَفٌ, (O, K,) in a man and in a woman, (O,) signifies also The saying that which one's companion dislikes, or hates. (O, K.) ― -b7- And, (O, K,) likewise in a man and in a woman, (O,) (assumed tropical:) The commending, or praising, oneself for, or the boasting of, or glorying in, that which one does not possess: (O, K:) or, (K,) as Kh asserts, (S, O,) the overpassing the due limits in الظَّرْف [here meaning elegance of mind, manners, address, speech, person, attire, and the like ], (S, M, O, K,) and in excellence in knowledge or courage or other qualities, (TA,) and arrogating to oneself more than is due, through pride: (S, O, K:) but some say that this is post-classical: (M, TA:) [see an ex. voce اآفَةٌ, in art. اوف; mentioned here in the TA as occurring in a trad.:] one says, of a man, صَلِفَ, (M, MA,) inf. n. صَلَفٌ, (M,) meaning (assumed tropical:) He commended, or praised, himself [&c.]; (MA;) and ↓ تصلّف, (S, MA, O,) meaning the same; (MA;) or this latter means تَكَلَّفَ الصَّلَفَ, (K, TA,) i. e. [ he affected the overpassing of the due limits in الظَّرْف (meaning as expl. above); or he took upon himself as a task ] the arrogating to himself more than was due, through pride: (TA:) [you say, تصلّف بِمَا لَيْسَ عِنْدَهُ (assumed tropical:) He commended, or praised, himself for, or he boasted of, or gloried in, that which he did not possess: ] the epithet from the former verb is ↓ صَلِفٌ, (AZ, S, M, O, K,) applied to a man, (AZ, S, M, O,) and صَلِفَةٌ applied to a woman; (M;) and the pl. of صَلِفٌ is صَلَافَى (AZ, M, K) and صُلَفَاآءُ and صَلِفُونَ: (AZ, O, K:) it is said to be from صَلِفٌ applied to a vessel, accord. to IAar as meaning “ that takes little water; ” but rather, as others say, as meaning “ thick and heavy: ” the vulgar misapply it [app. by using it in the sense assigned to it by IAar]. (TA.) -A2- See also the next paragraph.

4 اصلف ذ i. q. قَلَّ خَيْرُهُ [ His good things became few; or his wealth, or his goodness or beneficence, became little ]: (IAar, O, K:) and (TA) so ↓ تصلّف. (M, TA.) ― -b2- And His soul, or spirit, (رُوحُهُ,) became heavy; (IAar, O, K;) and he became oppressed as though by the nightmare. (TK.) ― -b3- And He became one whose wife was not in favour with him, or not beloved by him. (M.) -A2- اصلفها He hated her, namely, his wife; (M;) as also ↓ صَلِفَهَا, (so in a copy of the M,) or صَلَفَهَا, aor. صَلِفَ ; (so in the L and TA;) the latter mentioned by IAmb: (L,TA:) or اصلفهُ he hated him, namely, another man. (Ibn-'Abbád, O, K.) ― -b2- And اصلف نِسَاآءَهُ He divorced his wives: and he made their share of his favours to be small. (A, TA.) ― -b3- And one says to a woman, أَصْلَفَ ا@للّٰهُ رُفْغَكِ, meaning May God make thee [or thy فَرْج or the like ] to be hated by thy husband. (EshSheybánee, S, O, K.) -A3- اصلف القَوْمُ, (thus in the O, on the authority of Ibn-'Abbád, [like أَحْزَنَ, and its contr. أَسْهَلَ, &c.,]) or ↓ تصلّف, (thus in the K, [but the former is preferable on the ground of analogy, and the latter I think a mistake,]) The people, or party, became in the [ kind of tract termed ] صَلْفَاآء. (O, K.)

5 تصلّف ذ : see 4, first sentence. ― -b2- And see 1, latter part. ― -b3- Also He behaved in a loving, or an affectionate, and a blandishing, or coaxing, manner. (O, K.) ― -b4- And, said of a camel, He loathed, or turned away with disgust from, the [ pasturage termed ] خُلَّة, and inclined to the حَمْض. (O, K.) -A2- See also 4, last sentence.

الصَّلْفُ ذ The branches of the heart of the palmtree that are next belong the قِلَبَة: [in the CK, خَواءٌ فى قُلْبِ النَّخْلَةِ is erroneously put for خَوَافِى; قلبِ النّخلةِ; and the same mistake was originally made in my MS. copy of the K:] n. un. with ة. (IAar, O, K, * TA. [See خَافِيَةٌ, last sentence.]

صَلِفٌ ذ , applied to clouds (سَحَاب, S, M, O, K), Containing no water: (M:) or having little water and much thunder. (S, O, K. [Said in the TA to be tropical; but I doubt its being so.]) It is said in a prov., رُبَّ صَلِفٍ تَحْتَ الرَّاعِدَةِ, (S, and so in some copies of the K,) or ↓ رُبَّ صَلَفٍ, (M, O, and so in some copies of the K, [with an inf. n. in the place of an epithet,]) i. e. Many a cloud is there, [or many clouds are there, lacking rain, or] having much thunder with little rain, [ beneath that which thunders: ] (A'Obeyd, O:) applied to the wealthy niggard: (A'Obeyd, O, K:) or to him who threatens, and does not perform what he threatens: (S, O, K:) or to him who commends himself much, (M, O, K,) and is loquacious, (M, O,) but is destitute of good. (M, O, K.) ― -b2- And A vessel that takes little water: (IAar, S, M, O, K:) a small vessel: one that leaks; that will not hold water. (IAar, TA. [This, also, is said in the TA to be tropical.]) And A heavy (K, TA) and thick (TA) vessel. (K, TA.) ― -b3- Also High ground (قُفّ), or a hard plain, that produces no plants or herbage: (TA:) and so the fem., with ة, applied to land (أَرْض). (M, TA.) ― -b4- Wheat (طَعَام) having little increase (قَلِيلُ النَّزَلِ and الرَّيْعِ): (M:) or tasteless: (M, O, K:) and ↓ صَلِيفٌ signifies the same, in the former sense or in the latter. (M.) ― -b5- And [A man] heavy in soul, or spirit; syn. ثَقِيلُ الرُّوحِ. (TA. [See 4, second sentence, which shows that مُصْلِفٌ has this meaning: but the epithet thus expl. in the TA is there said to be like كَتِفٌ.]) ― -b6- And صَلِفَةٌ signifies A woman not in favour with, or not beloved by, (S, M, O, K,) her husband, (S, O, K,) or him by whom she is supported; (M;) and hated by him: (S, O:) pl. صَلَائِفُ, (S, M, O, K,) which is extr. [in respect of analogy], (M,) and صَلِفَاتٌ. (O, K.) ― -b7- See also 1, near the end.

صَلْفَاآء ذ and صِلْفَاآء, and each with ة: see أَصْلَفُ, in five places.

صَلِيفٌ ذ The side (عُرْض [in one of my copies of the S عَرْض, and in the other copy عِرق,]) of the neck; the two being called صَلِيفَانِ; (S, O, K;) [i. e.] الصَّلِيفَانِ signifies the two sides of the neck (جَانِبَا العُنُقِ): or this signifies what are between the لِيت [or part beneath the earring ] and the قَصَرَة [or base of the neck, on the two sides ]: (M:) or the two heads of the vertebra that is next to the head, in the two sides of the neck. (AZ, O, * K, * TA.) In this last explanation, in the copies of the K, رأس is put for رأسا. (TA. [And in some copies of the K, شِقَّيْهِمَا is there erroneously put for شِقَّيْهَا, which, as is said in the TA, refers to the neck.]) أَخَذَ بِصَلِيفِهِ and ↓ بِصَلِيفَتِهِ mean, accord. to As, He took hold of the back of his neck: (O, TA:) and one says also, ↓ أَخَذَهُ بِصَلِيفَتِهِ meaning He took him, or it, altogether. (TA. [But I think it not improbable that ↓ بِصَلِيفَتِهِ in these two instances may be a mistranscription for بِصَلِيفَيْهِ.]) ― -b2- الصَّلِيفَانِ signifies also Two staves, or pieces of wood, which are placed across [ horizontally ] upon the [ camel's saddle called ] غَبِيط, by means of which the مَحَامِل [pl. of مَحْمِلٌ, q. v.,] are bound. (S, O, K.) And (TA) صَلِيفَا الاـِكَافِ signifies The two [ similar ] pieces of wood that are bound upon the upper part of the [ saddle called ] اـِكَاف. (M, TA.) -A2- See also صَلِفٌ, latter half.