مَلِيحٌ
Root: ملح
Full Definition
مَلِيحٌ
and
مُلَاحٌ and
مُلَّاحٌ , but the last signifies more than the first,
2 See مِلْحٌ.
3 [Facetious speech.]
4 One in whose counsel, or advice, one seeks a remedy; acc. to AA: hence the phrase قريش ملح الناس: acc. to some, one with whom one finds, or esteems, it pleasant to sit and converse. (IB, in TA, voce نِقَابٌ.)
5 أَبُو المَلِيحِ [the bird Sifrid]: see صِفْرِدٌ.
2 See مِلْحٌ.
3 [Facetious speech.]
4 One in whose counsel, or advice, one seeks a remedy; acc. to AA: hence the phrase قريش ملح الناس: acc. to some, one with whom one finds, or esteems, it pleasant to sit and converse. (IB, in TA, voce نِقَابٌ.)
5 أَبُو المَلِيحِ [the bird Sifrid]: see صِفْرِدٌ.
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