سلقد

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to be related to the concept of a lean, emaciated, or slender horse, and by extension, the act of making something lean or emaciated. It is noted as an unusual or neglected root.

Derived headwords

السلقدnoun

1.
lean horseclassical
A horse that is lean, emaciated, or slender.

سلقدverb

1.
to make leanclassical
To make a horse lean or emaciated, to reduce its flesh.

Parallel reading

وهو غريب، فإن الصاغاني ذكره في: س ق د وكأنه عنى بذالك، أي في هاذا التركيب، وهو (كزبرج: الفرس المضمر)

And it is strange, for Al-Saghani mentioned it under: S-Q-D, and it seems he meant by that, in this construction, 'like kuzbaraj: the lean horse'.

السلقد: الضاوي المهزول

Al-Salqad: the lean, emaciated one.

وسلقده: ضمره

And salqadahu: he made it lean.

خرجت أسلقد فرسي

I went out making my horse lean.

اللام في سلقد محكوم بزيادتها

The 'lam' in 'salqad' is determined to be extra.

مثلها في كلصم بمعنى كصم، إذا فر ونفر

Like it in 'kalsam' meaning 'kasam', when one flees and recoils.

ولعل الدال في هاذا التركيب معاقب للطاء، لأن التضمير إسقاط لبعض السمن

And perhaps the 'dal' in this construction is a substitute for 'ta', because making lean is a reduction of some fat.

إلا أن الدال جعلت لها خصوصية بهاذا الضرب من الإسقاط

Except that the 'dal' was given a specificity for this type of reduction.