سِلْتِمٌ
Root: سلتم
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سِلْتِمٌ
A calamity, or misfortune.
2 A hard, or severe, year.
3 A [goblin, or demon, such as is termed] غُول.
4 A she-camel having no tooth remaining, and whose lower lip has fallen and she is unable to raise it. (K, TA. [The explanation in the CK is faulty: the last words should be لَا تَسْتَطِيعُ رَفْعَهُ.]) Some say that the م is augmentative.
5 One says also مَا أَصَابَ سِلْتِمًا, [in the CK سَلْتَمًا,] meaning He got not anything.
2 A hard, or severe, year.
3 A [goblin, or demon, such as is termed] غُول.
4 A she-camel having no tooth remaining, and whose lower lip has fallen and she is unable to raise it. (K, TA. [The explanation in the CK is faulty: the last words should be لَا تَسْتَطِيعُ رَفْعَهُ.]) Some say that the م is augmentative.
5 One says also مَا أَصَابَ سِلْتِمًا, [in the CK سَلْتَمًا,] meaning He got not anything.
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