سَلَفٌ
Root: سلف
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سَلَفٌ
The young one of the
حَجَل [or partridge]: or, accord. to Kr, of the
قَطَاة [n. un. of قَطًا, q. v.]: AA says that he had not heard سُلَفَةٌ, applied to the female; but if one said سُلَفَةٌ, like as one says سُلَكَةٌ as meaning a single female of what are termed سِلْكَانِ, it would be approvable: the pl. is سِلْفَانِ and سُلْفَانٌ: some say that سِلْفَانٌ signifies a species of bird, not particularized. [See also سُلَحٌ and سُلَكٌ.]
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