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سلف

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

10 اِسْتَسْلَفْتُ مِنْهُ دَرَاهِمَ ذ I sought, or demanded, of him money as a loan; as also ↓ تَسَلَّفْتُ. (S, * TA.) Hence, استسلف مِنْ أَعْرَابِىٍّ بَكْرًا He sought, or demanded, as a loan, from an Arab of the desert, a [ youthful he-camel such as is termed ] بَكْر. (TA.) ― -b2- And استسلف ثَمَنَهُ He sought, or demanded, its price in advance; syn. اِسْتَقْرَضَهُ. (Har p. 530.) ― -b3- See also 5. -A2- [And استسلف He took as his wife the wife of his deceased brother: so in a version of the Bible, in Deut. xxv. 5: mentioned by Golius.]

Derived headwords

اِسْتَسْلَفْتُ مِنْهُ دَرَاهِمَverb
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استسلف مِنْ أَعْرَابِىٍّ بَكْرًا
استسلف ثَمَنَهُ