سَلْتَآءُ
Root: سلت
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سَلْتَآءُ
A woman who does not make frequent use of
حِنَّآء [for tinging, or dyeing, her hands]; a woman who does not frequently tinge her hands with
خِضَاب: or a woman who does not make use of
خِضَاب
for herself at all: so some say. It is related of the Prophet, in a trad., that he cursed such a woman.
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