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سَلُطَ

Root: سلط

Form: 1

Full Definition

سَلُطَI , Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun سَلَاطَةٌ, He, or it, overcame, prevailed, or predominated: or was, or became, firm, or established, in superior power or force: he possessed power of dominion or sovereignty or rule.
2 It was, or became, strong, or hard.
3 He was, or became, sharp. And the same verb, Verbal.Noun as above and سُلُوطَةٌ, He was, or became, chaste, or perspicuous, in speech, or eloquent, and sharp in tongue: or long-tongued;; as also سَلِطَ, Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun سَلَطٌ: or clamorous and foultongued: [or this verb, said of a man, has the first of these three significations; but] سَلُطَتْ, Verbal.Noun سَلَاطَةٌ, signifies she was, or became, long-tongued, and vehemently clamorous. [See سَلِيطٌ, below.]
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