السَّلْمَآء

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السَّلْمَآء , accord. to Aboo-Mis-hal, as meaning The earth, occurs in the prov., أَنْفٌ قِى المَآءِ وَٱسْتٌ فِى السَّلْمَآءِ [A nose in the water and a rump on the earth]: and if this be correct, it may be derived from سلام [i. e. سِلَامٌ] meaning “ stones: ” and it may be originally , and lengthened for the sake of the rhyme. [But the reading commonly known is, أَنْفٌ فِى السَّلْمَآءِ وَٱسْتٌ فِى المَآءِ.]

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