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سَلِيَتٌ

Root: سلى

Form: 1

Full Definition

سَلِيَتٌI , Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun سَلًى, said of a ewe, or she-goat, [and of a she-camel,] Her secundine (سَلَاهَا) became disrupted [in her belly].

def.2 سَلَاهَا, Verbal.Noun سَلْىٌ; or , Verbal.Noun تَسْلِيَةٌ; He pulled out or off, or removed from its place, her secundine (سَلَاهَا), namely, a ewe's, or she-goat's, or a she-camel's. And سَلَيْتُ النَّاقَةَ I drew [forth] the she-camel's secundine (سَلَاهَا) after the bringing forth without letting it fall (بَعْدَ الرَّحَمِ or الرَّحْمِ).

def.3 سَلَيْتُهُ a dial. var. of سَلَوْتُهُ, mentioned by Esh-Shereeshee. See 1 in art. سلو, first sentence.
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