سُلَالَةٌ

Root: سل

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سُلَالَةٌ What is, or becomes, drawn forth, or drawn forth gently, from, or of, a thing: or so سُلَالَةُ شَىْءٍ: [an extract of a thing: and hence,] the clear, or pure, part, or the choice, best, or most excellent, part [of a thing]; because drawn from the thick, or turbid, part. It is said in the Kur [xxiii. 12], وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنْسَانَ مِنْ سُلَالَةٍ مِنْ طِينٍ, meaning [And verily we created man from] what was drawn forth from every kind of dust, or earth: or from a pure, or choice, or most excellent, sort of earth or clay.
2 And [hence,] The sperma genitalis of a man, or human being; what is drawn from the صُلْب [app. here meaning loins] of the man and from the تَرَائِب [pl. of تَرِيبَة, q. v.,] of the woman: the water (مَآء) that is drawn from the back.
3 See also سَليلٌ, second sentence, in two places.

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