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سلو

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

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.)

Derived headwords

سَلْوَةٌ
  1. 1.
سَلَا عَنْهُ
سَقَيْتَنِى مِنْكَ سَلْوَةً
هُوَ فِى سَلْوَةٍ مِنَ العَيْشِ