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صلقب

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to describe a specific action related to teeth, possibly grinding or striking them together. It is noted as being omitted by major lexicographers, with only one scholar providing a definition.

Derived headwords

الصِّلْقَابnoun
  1. 1.
    striking teethclassical

    The act of striking or grinding some of one's teeth together.

يَصْلُقُبُverb
  1. 1.
    to strike teethclassical

    He strikes or grinds some of his teeth.

Parallel reading

أهمله الجوهري وصاحب اللسان.
Al-Jawhari and the author of Al-Lisan omitted it.
وقال الصاغاني: هو (الذي يسن) أي يصك (بعض أسنانه).
And Al-Saghani said: It is (he who strikes) meaning he grinds (some of his teeth).
يعدل عن راوول أشغى صلقاب لسان مشفاء طويل الأشصاب
He deviates from Raw'ul, the one with a crooked tongue, striking his teeth, long-limbed with long bones.
ومما يستدرك عليه.
And among what is added to it (or corrected).