سُلَامَى
, a noun of the fem. gender, A certain bone that is in theفِرْسِن [q. v., here meaning foot] of the camel: this is said by A'Obeyd to be the primary signification: or the سُلَامَى of the camel are the bones of theفُرْسِن [or foot]: [for] سُلَامَى is used alike as sing. and pl., and sometimes it has also a pl., which is سُلَامَيَاتٌ: or it is a pl. [or rather a coll. gen. n.], of which the sing. [or n. un.] is سُلَامَيَةٌ, signifying the أَنْمَلَة [q. v.] of [any of] the fingers: [but this is a strange explanation:] it is said that the last parts in which مُخّ [here meaning marrow or pulp and the like] remains in a camel when he has become emaciated are the سُلَامَى and eye; and when it has gone from these, he has none remaining: the pl. سُلَامَيَاتٌ, or سُلَامَى, also signifies the bones of theأَصَابِع, so says Kh, and Zj adds that they are also called the قَصَب, of the hand and of the foot; [i. e., of the fingers and of the toes; and this seems to be the most common meaning, in relation to a human being; namely, the phalanges of the fingers and of the toes;] that are between every two joints [and what are beyond the extreme joints] of theأَصَابِع: accord. to Lth, the سلامى are the bones of theأَصَابِع [or fingers and toes] and theأَشَاجِعand theأَكَارِع, and are hard and compact bones likeكِعَاب [pl. of كَعْبٌ]: accord. to IAar, certain small bones, of the length of theإِصْبَع [or finger], or nearly so, or less,of which there are four, or three, [or app., five, for the meaning here seems to be the metacarpal and metatarsal bones, to which the terms سُلَامَى and سُلَامَيَاتٌ are sometimes applied, (see أَشْجَعُ and مُشْظٌ,)] in the hand and in the foot, [i. e.] in each hand and foot: Ktr says that the سلاميات are the عُرُوق [app. a mistake for عِظَام i. e. bones] of the outer side of the hand and foot:سلامى is also said to signify any small hollow bone: and any bone of a human being: and ISh says that in every horse are six سلاميات [app. in the fore legs and the same in the hind legs; for he seems to mean that the term سلامى is applied to each of the pasternbones and to the coffin-bone; these three corresponding to the phalanges of a human being: see فَصٌّ]: it is not allowable to write سلامى otherwise than with what is termed the short alif.
def.2سُلَامَى, like سُكَّارَى, (K, TA, [in the CK like سَكْرٰى, which is shown to be wrong by a verse cited in the M and TA,]) signifies also The [south, or southerly, wind called] جَنُوب.
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