سُلَّأءٌ
Root: سلأ
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سُلَّأءٌ
The prickles of the palm-tree: [a coll. gen. n.:] n. un. with ة.
2 Also, or [correctly the n. un.] سُلَّآءَةٌ, A sort of arrow-head, or spear-head, in shape like the prickle of the palm-tree: and سلاءة, app. [سِلَآءَةٌ] without teshdeed [and with kesr], occurs in a trad. in this sense; for it is said that its pl. is سِلَآءٌ , of the same measure as حِمَارٌ.
def.2 Also A certain bird, dust-coloured, and long-legged.
2 Also, or [correctly the n. un.] سُلَّآءَةٌ, A sort of arrow-head, or spear-head, in shape like the prickle of the palm-tree: and سلاءة, app. [سِلَآءَةٌ] without teshdeed [and with kesr], occurs in a trad. in this sense; for it is said that its pl. is سِلَآءٌ , of the same measure as حِمَارٌ.
def.2 Also A certain bird, dust-coloured, and long-legged.
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