صَلْصَالٌ
Root: صل
Full Definition
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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