سَلُوقِىٌّ
Root: سلق
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سَلُوقِىٌّ
[applied in the present day to A greyhound, and any hunting-dog;] a sort of dog: and a sort of coat of mail:
سَلُوقِيَّةٌ [as a coll. n.] is applied to certain coats of mail: and to certain dogs: so called in relation to سَلُوقُ, [said by Freytag to be written in the K سَلُوقة, but it is there said to be like صَبُور,] a town in El-Yemen; or a town, or district, in the border of Armenia, called اللَّان [or لَان]: or the coats of mail are so called in relation to the former سلوق; and the dogs, in relation to سَلُوق which is the city of اللَّان [or لَان]: or both are so called in relation to سَلَقِيَّةُ, a town in the Greek Empire, said by ElMes'oodee to have been on the shore of [the province of] Antioch, remains of which still exist; and if so, it is a rel. n. altered from its proper form.
2 [It is also said in the TA to signify A sword: but a verse there cited, after Th, as an ex. of it in this sense, is mistranscribed, and casts doubt upon the orthography of the word, and upon this explanation.]
2 [It is also said in the TA to signify A sword: but a verse there cited, after Th, as an ex. of it in this sense, is mistranscribed, and casts doubt upon the orthography of the word, and upon this explanation.]
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