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صَلَعٌ

Root: صلع

Full Definition

صَلَعٌ Baldness in the fore part of the head: or in the fore part of the head to the hinder part thereof: and likewise in the middle of the head. (TA. [See صَلِعَ, of which it is the Verbal.Noun: and see also جَلَحٌ.])
2 Also a dial. var. of صُلَّعٌ, q. v.
3 One says also, لَأُقِيمَنَّ صَلَعَكَ meaning [I will assuredly straighten] thy [natural] crookedness; like ضَلَعَكَ. (TA in art. ضلع, from the T and M.)
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