سَلِجَ

, aorist سَلَجَ , verbal noun سَلَجَانٌ (S, O, Msb, K) and سَلْجٌ, (S, O, K,) He swallowed (S, O, Msb, K) a morsel, or mouthful, or gobbet, (S, O, K,) and food, (TA,) or a thing; (Msb;) as also سَلَجَ, aorist سَلُجَ ; (Msb;) and ↓ تسلّج: (O, K: *) or سَلَجَانٌ signifies the eating quickly. (TA.) Hence the saying, الأَكْلُ سَلَجَانٌ وَالقَضَاءُ لَيَّانٌ [Eating is a swallowing, and paying is a putting off], (S, Meyd, O,) or الأَخْذُ سَلَجَانٌ الخ [Taking, or receiving, is a swallowing, &c.]: (Meyd, TA:) i. e., when a man receives a loan, or the like, he devours it [greedily]; but when he from whom he has received it demands his due, he puts him off by promising to pay it: (S, O:) a prov., (Meyd, O, TA,) applied to him who takes the property of others and to whom it is easy to do so; but when he is sued for payment, puts off, and it is difficult to him: (Meyd:) meaning that one loves to take, and hates to return, or restore. (L. [See also سُرَّيْطَى.])

سَلَجَ النَّاقَةَ, said of a young camel, He sucked the she-camel; (O, K;) as also مَلَجَهَا. (L, TA.)

-A2- سَلَجَتِ الإِبِلُ, aorist سَلُجَ , (S, K, TA,) verbal noun سُلُوجٌ; (TA;) and سَلِجَت, aorist سَلَجَ ; (K, TA;) or the latter only according to AHn; (TA;) or the latter is better than the former according to Sh; (O, TA;) The camels had a looseness (S, K) of their bellies (S) from eating the plant called سُلَّج. (S, K.)