سِلْسِلَةٌ

Root: سل

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سِلْسِلَةٌ A chain, i. q. زِنْجِيرْ in Pers.; rings (دَائِرٌ [app. used as a coll. gen. n., though I do not know any authority for such usage of it,] K [in the M دَائِرَةٌ]) of iron or the like of metals: derived from السَّلْسَلَةُ signifying “ the being connected ” with another thing: pl. سَلَاسِلُ. It was a custom to extend a سِلْسِلَة over a river or a road, the ships or beats or the passengers being arrested thereby, for the purpose of the taking of the tithes from them by an officer set over it.
2 [Hence,] سِلْسِلَةُ بَرْقٍ An elongated stream of lightning [like a chain] in the midst of the clouds: or سَلَاسِلُ البَرْقِ means what have assumed the form of chains (مَاتَسَلْسَلَ), of lightning, in the clouds; and السَّحَابِ [i. e., of the clouds in like manner]: (K: [but I think that وَالسَّحَابِ in the K is evidently a mistranscription for فِى السَّحَابِ the reading in the M:]) sing. سِلْسِلَةٌ and سِلْسِلٌ , thus in the copies of the K, but in the L سِلْسِيلٌ , which is [said to be] the correct word. And in like manner, سَلَاسِلُ الرَّمْلِ What have assumed the form of chains (مَا تَسَلْسَلَ) of sands: or سَلَاسِلُ signifies sands that become accumulated, or congested, (يَنْعَقِدُ,) one upon another, and extended along: you say رَمْلٌ ذُوسَلَاسِلَ [sands having portions accumulated, or congested, &c.]: and ذَاتُ سَلَاسِلَ, which has been expl. as meaning elongated sands: sing. سِلْسِلَةٌ and , or سِلْسِيلٌ ; and الرَّمْلِ, with fet-h [to the first letter], is a dial. var. of سِلْسِيلُهُ.
3 And سَلَاسِلُ كِتَابٍ The lines of a book or writing.
4 And بِرْذَوْنٌ ذُو سَلَاسِلَ [A hackney] upon whose legs one sees what resemble سَلَاسِل [or chains].

def.2 Also The وَحَرَة, which is a small reptile, [a species of lizard, the same that is called السِلْسِلَةُ الرَّقْطَآءُ, (see أَرْقَطُ,)] spotted, black and white, having a slender tail, which it moves about when running.

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