Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

صَلِعَ, aor. ـَ {يَصْلَعُ}, (Mṣb, Ḳ,) inf. n. صَلَعٌ, (Ṣ,* O,* Mṣb, Ḳ,* TA,) He (a man, Ṣ, O, Ḳ *) was, or became, bald in the fore part of the head: (Ṣ,* O,* Mṣb, Ḳ:* but in the Mṣb it is said in this sense of the head:) or in the fore part of the head to the kinder part thereof: and likewise in the middle of the head. (TA.) [See also جَلِحٌ and جَلَحٌ.] Accord. to Ibn-Seenà, the baldness termed صَلَعٌ does not happen to women, because of the abundance of their moisture; nor to eunuchs, because their constitutions are nearly like those of women. (Mṣb.)

[Hence,] صَلِعَتِ العُرْفُطَةُ, inf. n. as above, ‡ The عرفطة [a species of mimosa] dropped the heads of its branches: and had them eaten by the camels. (TA.)

See also 7.

صَلَعَ رَأْسَهُ [perhaps a mistranscription forصَلَّعَ↓, and primarily signifying He made his head bald in the fore part:] ‡ he shaved his head. (Z, TA.)

صَلَعَ said of such as is termed عِذْيَوْط, [but the verb in this sense is probably صَلَّعَ↓, (see this latter,)] He voided his ordure (أَحْدَثَ) on the occasion of جِمَاع. (TA.)

صلّع: see above {1}, last sentence but one.

صلّعت الحَيَّةُ ‡ The serpent came forth from concealment (بَرَزَت) without any earth, or dust, upon it. (Ibn-ʼAbbád, O, Ḳ, TA. [But in the O, the verb in this and the following senses is carelessly written without the sheddeh.])

صلّع, inf. n. تَصْلِيعٌ, (said of a man, IAạr, TA,) i. q. أَعْذَرَ [meaning He voided his ordure: see تَصْلِيعٌ as a subst., below; and what here follows]. (IAạr, Ḳ, TA.) And صلّع فُلَانٌ, (inf. n. as above, TA,) Such a one put his hand evenly expanded (Ḳ, TA) on the ground (TA) and voided his ordure or his ordure in a thin state (سَلَحَ): (Ḳ, TA:) thus expl. by Lth. (TA.) See also 1, last sentence.

تصلّعت السَّمَآءُ † The sky became bared by the disruption of its clouds. (TA.)

See also what next follows {7}.

انصلعت الشَّمْسُ ‡ The sun rose, or began to rise: syn. بَزَغَت: or culminated: or came forth from the clouds, (O, Ḳ, TA,) appearing in the time of intense heat, with nothing intervening and concealing it; (TA;) and soتِصلّعت↓, (O, Ḳ, TA,) andصَلَعَت↓ [or more probably صَلِعَت]. (TA.)

[اصطلع, accord. to Reiske, as stated by Freytag, signifies He, or it, was defiled, or polluted; “conspurcatus fuit:” but he names no authority.]

صَلَعٌ Baldness in the fore part of the head: (Ṣ, O, Mṣb, Ḳ:) 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 inf. n.: and see also جَلَحٌ.])

Also a dial. var. of صُلَّعٌ, q. v. (TA.)

One says also, لَأُقِيمَنَّ صَلَعَكَ meaning [I will assuredly straighten] thy [natural] crookedness; like ضَلَعَكَ. (TA in art. ضلع, from the T and M.)

صَلَعَةٌ A place of baldness such as is termed صَلَعٌ; (Ṣ, O, Mṣb, Ḳ;) as alsoصُلْعَةٌ↓; (Ṣ, O, Ḳ;) andصَلْعَةٌ↓ is said to be a contraction of the first, (O, Mṣb,) by Lth, (O,) but it is disallowed by the thoroughly learned. (Mṣb.)

صَلَاعٌ, (O, Ḳ,) accord. to Ibn-ʼAbbád, with kesr, (O,) like كِتَابٌ, (Ḳ,) in the L [written] with damm, (TA,) The heat of the sun. (O, Ḳ.)

صَلِيعٌ: see أَصْلَعُ.

[Hence,] ‡ A mountain having upon it no plants, or herbage. (O, Ḳ, TA.)

صُلَّعٌ: see صُلَّاعٌ.

Accord. to Aṣ, (Ṣ, O, TA,) ‡ A place that produces no plants, or herbage; (Ṣ, O, Ḳ, TA;) whether it be a mountain or land; (TA;) from صَلَعٌ in relation to the head; (Ṣ, O, TA;) andصَلَعٌ↓ is also syn. with صُلَّعٌ in the sense expl. above. (TA.) And [the n. un.] صُلَّعَةٌ signifies A smooth rock. (TA.)

صُلَّاعٌ, (Ṣ, O, Ḳ,) orصُلَّعٌ↓, (Ḳ,) or the latter also, which is app. a contraction of the former, (Ṣ, O,) † Broad, (Ṣ, O, Ḳ, TA,) hard, (Ḳ, TA,) smooth, (TA,) rock: (Ṣ, O, Ḳ, TA:) n. un. (of the former, Ṣ, O, [and of the latter also,]) with ة. (Ṣ, O, Ḳ.)

أَصْلَعُ, applied to a man, (Ṣ, O, Mṣb,) Bald in the fore part of the head; (Ṣ, Mgh, O, Mṣb, Ḳ;) denoting more than أَجْلَحُ: (Mgh:) or bald in the fore part of the head to the hinder part thereof: (TA:) and likewise, (TA,) or accord. to Aṣ, (O,) bald in the middle of the head: (O, TA:) and applied also to a head, (Mṣb, TA,) meaning bald in the fore part: (Mṣb:) andصَلِيعٌ↓ signifies the same, applied to a head, (Mṣb, TA,) and to a man: (Mṣb:) fem. صَلْعَآءُ; (Ḳ;) but some disapprove this, and say that the fem. epithet is زَعْرَآءُ, and قَرْعَآءُ: (TA:) the pl. is صُلْعٌ (O, Mṣb, Ḳ) and صُلْعَانٌ: (O, Ḳ:) أُصَيْلِعُ↓ is the dim. of the masc., [andصُلَيْعَآءُ↓ is that of the fem.,] meaning as expl. above. (TA.)

[Hence,] the fem., applied to a tree such as is termed عُرْفُطَة, [a species of mimosa,] ‡ That has dropped the heads of its branches: (Ṣ, TA:) and that has had its branches eaten by the camels. (TA.)

And, applied to a tract of sand, (رَمْلَةٌ, Ṣ, O, Ḳ,) and to a land, (أَرْضٌ, Ḳ,) ‡ In which are no trees: (Ṣ, O, TA:) and (TA) in which is no herbage. (O, Ḳ, TA.) It also occurs, alone, as meaning † A desert (صَحْرَآء) that produces nothing; like the head termed أَصْلَع. (TA.) Andصُلَيْعَآءُ↓, applied to a land, † That produces no plants, or herbage. (TA.)

And the masc., applied to a mountain, † Open to view, smooth, and glistening. (TA.)

And, applied to a spear-head, ‡ Glistening and smooth: (O, TA:) or polished; (Ḳ;) and soصَوْلَعٌ↓. (O, Ḳ.)

[Hence also,] الأُصَيْلِعُ↓ signifies ‡ The penis. (O, Ḳ, TA.) And الأَصْلَعُ is said to signify ‡ The head of the penis. (TA.)

Andالأُصَيْلِعُ↓, (Ṣ, O, Ḳ, TA,) or الأَصْلَعُ, (TA,) † A certain serpent, slender in the neck, (Ṣ, O, Ḳ, TA,) or, accord. to Az, wide in the neck, round in the head, (TA,) its head being like a hazel-nut: (Ṣ, O, Ḳ, TA:) thought by Az to be so called as being likened to the penis. (TA.)

أَصْلَعُ applied to an affair, or event, (أَمْرٌ,) means † Hard, distressing, or calamitous; (TA;) and so applied to a day; as also أَجْلَحُ: (A and TA in art. جلح:) or, applied to a day, ‡ intensely hot. (Ibn-ʼAbbád, Z, O, TA.)

Also, the fem., [used as a subst.,] ‡ Any notorious affair or event; or any such affair that is dubious, of great magnitude or moment, to accomplish which, or to perform which, one finds not the way: (O, Ḳ, TA:) and ‡ a calamity, or misfortune, (Ṣ, O, Ḳ, TA,) [or] such as is hard to be borne; [as though it were smooth and slippery;] because there is no escape from it: (TA:) and [in like manner] صُلَيْعَآءُ↓ (O, Ḳ, TA) and صَلْعَآءُ, and سَوْءَةٌ صَلْعَآءُ andصُلَيْعَآءُ↓, (TA,) an evil, abominable, or unseemly, action or saying, such as is apparent, manifest, or unconcealed: (O, Ḳ, TA:) or a calamity, or misfortune, hard to be borne: (Ḳ, TA:) and hence the saying of ʼÁïsheh to Mo'áwiyeh, (O, Ḳ, TA,) when she reproached him for his having asserted the relationship to him of Ziyád, and he replied that the witnesses gave testimony, (O, Ḳ,* TA, [see Abulfedæ Annales, i. 360,]) مَا شَهِدَتِ الشُّهُودُ وَلٰكِنْ رَكِبْتَ الصُّلَيْعَآءَ↓ [The witnesses did not bear witness (in the CK, erroneously, ما شَهِدْتَ الشُهُودَ,) but thou committedst that which was an evil, abominable, or unseemly, action,, &c.]. (O, Ḳ, TA.)

صُلَيْعَآءُ↓ is also said to signify † The act of glorying, or boasting; syn. فَخْرٌ. (TA.)

أُصَيْلِعُ, dim. of أَصْلَعُ: (TA:) see the latter, in three places.

تَصْلِيعٌ inf. n. of 2 [q. v.]. (Ḳ, TA.)

And a subst., like تَمْتِينٌ and تَنْبِيتٌ, signifying Ordure, or dung; or such as is thin; syn. سُلَاحٌ: (TA:) thus expl. by Lth. (O.)