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سُلْكَى

Root: سلك

Full Definition

سُلْكَى [A thrust, or piercing thrust,] directed right towards the face. And أَرٌ سُلْكَى [An affair] rightly directed; and so رَأْىٌ [an opinion]: or the former, [an affair] following one uniform course.
2 In the saying of Keys Ibn-'Eyzárah, غَدَاةَ تَنَادَوْا ثُمَّ قَامُوا فَأَجْمَعُوا بِقَتْلِىَ سُلْكَى لَيْسَ فِيهَا تَنَازُعُ he means [In the morning when they congregated, then arose and determined upon my slaughter] with a strong resolution in respect of which there was no contention.
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