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سَلْوَةٌ ذ , (M, Msb, K,) as also ↓ سُلْوَةٌ , (M, K,) a subst. from سَلَا عَنْهُ (M, Msb, K) [as such signifying A state of forgetfulness, unmindfulness, or neglectfulness, or of diversion from remembrance, of a person or thing: patient endurance of a loss or want: content, or happiness, in a case of privation: or comfort, or consolation, for a loss or want: accord. to the MA, the former is an inf. n.]. One says, سَقَيْتَنِى مِنْكَ سَلْوَةً and ↓ سُلْوَانًا Thou hast made me content, or happy, [or hast infused into me content, or happiness,] without thee [or in thine absence]. (As, S.) And هُوَ فِى سَلْوَةٍ مِنَ العَيْشِ He is in a state of life ample in its means or circumstances, unstraitened, or plentiful, and pleasant. (AZ, S.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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