سَلِجَ
Root: سلج
Form: 1
Full Definition
سَلِجَI
, Present.T
ـَ Verbal.Noun سَلَجَانٌ and سَلْجٌ, He swallowed a morsel, or mouthful, or gobbet, and food, or a thing; as also سَلَجَ, Present.T
ـُ; and
تسلّج : or سَلَجَانٌ signifies the eating quickly. Hence the saying, الأَكْلُ سَلَجَانٌ وَالقَضَآءُ لَيَّانٌ [Eating is a swallowing, and paying is a putting off], or الأَخْذُ سَلَجَانٌ الخ [Taking, or receiving, is a swallowing, &c.]: i. e., when a man receives a loan, or the like, he devours it [greedily]; but when he from whom he has received it demands his due, he puts him off by promising to pay it: a prov., applied to him who takes the property of others and to whom it is easy to do so; but when he is sued for payment, puts off, and it is difficult to him: meaning that one loves to take, and hates to return, or restore. (L. [See also سُرَّيْطَى.])
2 سَلَجَ النَّاقَةَ, said of a young camel, He sucked the she-camel; as also مَلَجَهَا.
def.2 سَلَجَتِ الإِبِلُ, Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun سُلُوجٌ; and سَلِجَت, Present.T ـَ; or the latter only accord. to AHn; or the latter is better than the former accord. to Sh; The camels had a looseness of their bellies from eating the plant called سُلَّج.
2 سَلَجَ النَّاقَةَ, said of a young camel, He sucked the she-camel; as also مَلَجَهَا.
def.2 سَلَجَتِ الإِبِلُ, Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun سُلُوجٌ; and سَلِجَت, Present.T ـَ; or the latter only accord. to AHn; or the latter is better than the former accord. to Sh; The camels had a looseness of their bellies from eating the plant called سُلَّج.
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