صَلْصَالٌ
Root: صل
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صَلْصَالٌ
A noisy ass; as also
صُلْصُلٌ and
صُلَاصِلٌ and
مُصَلْصِلٌ : an ass strong in voice [or bray], vehement therein. And A horse sharp and slender [or shrill] in voice [or neigh]. And A wild ass sharp in voice; as also
صَالٌّ : so says Aboo-Ahmad El-Askeree: and thus is expl. the saying in a trad., تَكُونُوا مِثْلَ الحَمِيرِ أَتُحِبُّونَ أَنْ, app. meaning [Would ye love to be like the asses] sound in bodies, vehement in voices, by reason of their strength and their briskness?
2 Also Clay not made into pottery; so called because of its making a sound (لِتَصَلْصُلِهِ: or clay mixed with sand; which, when it becomes dry, makes a sound; and which, when baked, is فَخَّار: or dry clay, that makes a sound by reason of its dryness: thus in the Kur lv. 13 [and xv. 26 and 28 and 33]: or, accord. to Mujáhid, i. q. حَمَأٌ مَسْنُونٌ [which means black mud altered for the worse in odour].
def.2 And صَلْصَالَةٌ A land in which is no one.
2 Also Clay not made into pottery; so called because of its making a sound (لِتَصَلْصُلِهِ: or clay mixed with sand; which, when it becomes dry, makes a sound; and which, when baked, is فَخَّار: or dry clay, that makes a sound by reason of its dryness: thus in the Kur lv. 13 [and xv. 26 and 28 and 33]: or, accord. to Mujáhid, i. q. حَمَأٌ مَسْنُونٌ [which means black mud altered for the worse in odour].
def.2 And صَلْصَالَةٌ A land in which is no one.
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