سَلَأَ
Root: سلأ
Form: 1
Full Definition
سَلَأَI
, Present.T
ـَ Verbal.Noun سَلْءٌ; and
; He cooked the
سَمْن [here meaning butter], and worked it together, and melted its
زُبْد [or fresh, unclarified, portion], until it became clear from the milk remaining in it; he cleared the
سمن [or butter] from the
زُبْد [or fresh, unclarified, portion]; (Ham p. 2, in explanation of the former phrase; [i. e. he clarified the butter:] and سُلِئَ سَمْنًا, said of fresh butter, it was made into
سَمْن [or clarified butter; i. e., was clarified].
2 And سَلَأَ السِمْسِمَ, [Present.T and] Verbal.Noun as above, He pressed the sesame, or sesamum, and extracted its oil.
def.2 سَلَأَ النَّخْلَ, or النَّخْلَةَ, or الجِذْعَ, and العَسِيبَ, [aor, and] Verbal.Noun as above, He plucked off the prickles, i. e. what are called the سُلَّآء, of the palm-trees, or of the palm-tree, or of the palm-trunk, and of the [part called] عَسِيب [of a palm-branch].
def.3 سَلَأَهُ مِائَةَ سَوْطٍ, [Present.T and] Verbal.Noun as above, He inflicted upon him a hundred lashes of the whip.
2 And سَلَأَهُ مِائَةَ دِرْهَمٍ, [Present.T and] Verbal.Noun as above, He payed him, or payed him in ready money, a hundred dirhems, promptly, or quickly.
2 And سَلَأَ السِمْسِمَ, [Present.T and] Verbal.Noun as above, He pressed the sesame, or sesamum, and extracted its oil.
def.2 سَلَأَ النَّخْلَ, or النَّخْلَةَ, or الجِذْعَ, and العَسِيبَ, [aor, and] Verbal.Noun as above, He plucked off the prickles, i. e. what are called the سُلَّآء, of the palm-trees, or of the palm-tree, or of the palm-trunk, and of the [part called] عَسِيب [of a palm-branch].
def.3 سَلَأَهُ مِائَةَ سَوْطٍ, [Present.T and] Verbal.Noun as above, He inflicted upon him a hundred lashes of the whip.
2 And سَلَأَهُ مِائَةَ دِرْهَمٍ, [Present.T and] Verbal.Noun as above, He payed him, or payed him in ready money, a hundred dirhems, promptly, or quickly.
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