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سَلِيقَةٌ

Root: سلق

Full Definition

سَلِيقَةٌ What is cooked with hot water (مَا سُلِقَ), of herbs, or leguminous plants, and the like: or, accord. to Az, what is cooked (مَا طُبِخَ) with water, of the herbs, or leguminous plants, of the [season called] رَبِيع, and eaten in times of famine: pl. سَلَائِقُ, which occurs in a trad., and, as some relate it, with ص.
2 And Millet (ذُرَةٌ) bruised, and dressed, by being cooked with milk: or أَقِط [a preparation of dried curd] with which are mixed [plants called] طَرَاثيث.

def.2 Accord. to Lth, The place where the [plaited thong called] نِسْع comes forth [from the ropes that form the breast-girth], in the side of the camel: said by him to be derived from the phrase سَلَقْتُ شَيْئًا بِالمَآءِ الحَارِّ; because it is [as though it were] burnt by the ropes: or, accord. to another explanation, its pl., سَلَائِقُ, signifies the strips of flesh between the two sides.
2 See also سَلْقٌ, in two places.

def.3 And see سَلِيقٌ.

def.4 And The nature, or natural disposition or constitution, of a man. See 1, in the last quarter of the paragraph. One says, إِنَّهُ لَكَرِيمُ السَّلِيقَةِ Verily he is generous in respect of nature. [See also سَلِيقِيَّةٌ.]
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