مُسَلْسَلٌ

Root: سل

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مُسَلْسَلٌ A thing having its parts, or portions, connected, one with another.
2 And [hence, (see سِلْسِلَةٌ,)] Chained; bound with the سِلْسِلَة. [المَرْأَةُ المُسَلْسَلَةُ is the name of The constellation Andromeda; described by Kzw and others.]
3 Lightning that assumes the form of chains (يَتَسَلْسَلُ) in its upper portions, and seldom, or never, breaks its promise [of being followed by rain].
4 Applied to hair, [as also مُتَسَلْسِلٌ , (K in art. حجن,) Forming a succession of rimples, like water running in a shallow and rugged bed, or rippled by the wind; or] crisp, or curly, or twisted, and contracted; syn. جَعْدٌ.
5 A sword having in it, or upon it, diversified wavy marks, streaks, or grain, resembling the سِلْسِلَة [or chain]. [See also مُسَلَّسٌ.]
6 A garment, or piece of cloth, figured with stripes, or lines; as also مُلَسْلَسٌ: as though formed by tranposition. Also, and مُتَسَلْسِلٌ , A garment, or piece of cloth, woven badly and thinly.
7 حَدِيثٌ مُسَلْسَلٌ A tradition [related by an uninterrupted chain of transmitters,] such as when one says, I met face to face such a one who said, I met face to face such a one, and so on, to the Apostle of God.

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