صلد

Core meaning

Bare and hard: the stone that nothing covers any longer.

Uses

1. صَلْد → "bare" : the state of the stone once what covered it has been carried off.

   • «فَتَرَكَهُۥ صَلْدًۭا» — "and leaves it bare" (2:264)

Evidence from the text

The single use completes a parable: a smooth rock bears a little earth, a torrential rain strikes it, and leaves it bare (2:264). The word names the final state of the stone, with nothing to cover it or make it fruitful: the image of spending done to be seen, of which nothing remains after the trial.

See also

صفو (the smooth rock) · وبل (the torrential rain)