سلهب

سلهب

Q. 4 اِسْلَهَبَّ, said of a horse running, He stretched himself forth; or extended, or elongated, himself: (S: [the meaning is there indicated, and it is expressed by an interlinear explanation in one of my copies of that work:]) or he pressed onward with a penetrative energy or force, or with sharpness of spirit. (TA.) Some hold that the ه in the words of this art. is augmentative: others, [app. the greater number,] that it is radical. (MF.) سَلْهَبٌ, sometimes pronounced with ص, (S, TA,) Long, or tall; (K, TA;) as an epithet of general application: (TA:) or a tall man: pl. سَلَاهِبَةٌ. (K.) b2: Applied to a horse, Long-bodied: (S:) or, so applied, large, (K, TA,) and long, or tall, (TA,) and long in the bones; as also ↓ سَلْهَبَةٌ, (K, TA,) which is applied to the male: (TA:) and the former, likewise applied to a horse, that presses onward with a penetrative energy or force, or with sharpness of spirit: (TA:) or, so applied, large and long or tall: and likewise applied to a spear: and tropically, [but in what sense is not explained,] to a wind (رِيحٌ). (A.) b3: The fem. ↓ سَلْهَبَةٌ signifies Corpulent, or large in body; (K, TA;) not an epithet of commendation: (TA:) or, applied to a woman, it signifies tall or beautiful. (JK.) b4: and سَلْهَبٌ is the name of A certain dog. (K, * TA.) سَلْهَبَةٌ: see سَلْهَبٌ, in two places.

سِلْهَابٌ: see what follows.

سِلْهَابَةٌ and ↓ سِلْهَابٌ, each as a fem. epithet, (K, TA,) and each with kesr [to the س], (TA,) [but each in the CK is with fet-h,] Bold, daring, brave, or courageous. (K.)