سُلَحْفَى
Root: سلحف
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سُلَحْفَى
and سُلْحَفَى, pronounced by the vulgar سِلْحَفَى, and سُلَحْفَاةٌ [which is the most common of the dial. vars.] and سَِحْفَاةٌ and سُلْحَفَاةٌ, and سُلَحْفَآءُ, and سُلَحْفِيَةٌ, [The tortoise, commonly so called; and also the turtle, or sea-tortoise; applied to both in the present day;] a certain wellknown beast; [and] a certain aquatic animal; called in Pers. بَاخَهْ and كَشَفْ and سَنْگْ پُشْتْ; applied to the male and the female: pl. سَلَاحِفُ: or, accord. to Fr, the male of the سَلَاحِف is called غَيْلَمٌ; and the female is called سلحفاة in the dial. of Benoo-Asad: [it is said to be derived from the Pers. سولاخ پاى; because there is a hole in the body, into which the foot enters: ] its blood and its gall-bladder are [asserted to be] beneficial to him who is affected with epilepsy; and the smearing with its blood, to the joints; which thereby become strong: and it is said that when the cold has become intense in a place, and one fears for the seedproduce from it, and this beast is placed upside-down, so that its fore and hind legs are towards the air, the cold will not alight upon that place.
2 [السُّلَحْفَاةُ or السُّلْحَفَاةُ is also a name of
2 [السُّلَحْفَاةُ or السُّلْحَفَاةُ is also a name of
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