صَلَايَةٌ
Root: صلى
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صَلَايَةٌ
and
صَلَآءَةٌ , the latter with ء because
صَلَآءٌ is used as the pl., [or rather coll. gen. n.,] but not by those who say صَلَايَةٌ, [for] the pl. [of this] is صُلِىٌّ and صِلِىٌّ and صَلَايَاتٌ, i. q.
فِهْرٌ [i. e. A stone such as fills the hand; or of the size of that with which one bruises and breaks walnuts and the like]: or a thing with which perfume is bruised, brayed, or pounded: or a stone upon which one bruises, or powders, perfume or some other thing; that with which [not upon which] one does so being called مِدْوَكٌ. Imra-el-Keys [in a verse of his Mo'allakah, as some relate it,] uses the phrase صَلَايَةُ حَنْظَلِ, because colocynths, when they have become dry, are split therewith. (S. [But there are two other readings, صَرَايَة and صَرَابَة.])
2 Also, as being likened thereto,
3 And the former word, A rough, rugged, سَرِيحَة [or long strip] of [high ground such as is termed] قُفّ.
2 Also, as being likened thereto,
3 And the former word, A rough, rugged, سَرِيحَة [or long strip] of [high ground such as is termed] قُفّ.
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