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سلء

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to processing and extracting substances, particularly fats and oils from seeds. It also extends to actions of striking, removing thorns, and describes specific objects like palm thorns, a type of bird, and a weapon.

Derived headwords

سَلَأَverb
  1. 1.
    to process fatboth

    To cook and process ghee (clarified butter) until its butterfat is melted and extracted.

  2. 2.
    to extract oilboth

    To press sesame seeds to extract their oil.

  3. 3.
    to payclassical

    To pay a sum of money, specifically one hundred dirhams.

  4. 4.
    to strikeclassical

    To strike someone with one hundred lashes.

  5. 5.
    to remove thornsboth

    To remove thorns from a palm trunk or a date palm frond.

سلأ السمن يسلؤه سلأ واستلأه: طبخه وعالجه فأذاب زبده — He processed ghee, cooking and treating it until its butterfat was melted.
وسلأ السمسم سلأ: عصره فاستخرج دهنه — He pressed sesame seeds and extracted their oil.
وسلأه مائة درهم: نقده — He paid him one hundred dirhams.
وسلأه مائة سوط سلأ: ضربه بها — He struck him with one hundred lashes.
وسلأ الجذع والعسيب سلأ: نزع شوكهما — He removed the thorns from the palm trunk and the frond.
سَلَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    gheeboth

    Clarified butter, obtained by processing and melting butterfat.

  2. 2.
    palm thornboth

    The sharp thorns found on palm trees, particularly the trunk.

  3. 3.
    type of weaponclassical

    A type of sharp weapon or blade, shaped like a palm thorn.

  4. 4.
    type of birdclassical

    A species of bird, described as grey with long legs.

والاسم: السلاء، بالكسر، ممدود، وهو السمن — The noun is 'salaa', with kasra, and it means ghee.
والسلاء، بالضم، ممدود: شوك النخل على وزن القراء — 'Salaa', with damma, means palm thorns, on the pattern of 'qiraa'.
والسلاء: ضرب من النصال على شكل سلاء النخل — 'Salaa' is a type of blade shaped like a palm thorn.
والسلاء: ضرب من الطير، وهو طائر أغبر طويل الرجلين — 'Salaa' is a type of bird, a grey bird with long legs.
استلأverb
  1. 1.
    to process fatboth

    To process ghee by cooking and melting its butterfat.

سلأ السمن يسلؤه سلأ واستلأه: طبخه وعالجه فأذاب زبده — He processed ghee, cooking and treating it until its butterfat was melted.
أسْلِئَةnoun
  1. 1.
    ghee (plural)both

    The plural form of 'salaa', referring to clarified butter.

والاسم: السلاء، بالكسر، ممدود، وهو السمن، والجمع: أسلئة — The noun is 'salaa', with kasra, meaning ghee, and the plural is 'asli'ah'.
سَلَاءَةnoun
  1. 1.
    palm thorn (singular)both

    A single thorn from a palm tree.

واحدته سلاءة — Its singular form is 'salaa'ah'.
سَلَاءَةnoun
  1. 1.
    palm thorn (singular)both

    A single thorn from a palm tree.

سلاءة كعصا النهدي، غل لها ... ذو فيئة، من نوى قران، معجوم — A thorn like the Nahdi stick, to which is attached... a knot from the Qiran date pit, chewed.
سَلَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    palm thorns (plural)both

    The plural of 'salaa'ah', referring to palm thorns.

والجمع سلاء بوزن جمار — And the plural is 'salaa' on the pattern of 'jimaar'.

Parallel reading

سلأ السمن يسلؤه سلأ واستلأه: طبخه وعالجه فأذاب زبده
He processed ghee, cooking and treating it until its butterfat was melted.
والاسم: السلاء، بالكسر، ممدود، وهو السمن، والجمع: أسلئة
The noun is 'salaa', with kasra, and it means ghee, and the plural is 'asli'ah'.
كانوا كسالئة حمقاء، إذ حقنت ... سلاءها في أديم، غير مربوب
They were like foolish ghee, when its fat was injected... into untanned hide.
وسلأ السمسم سلأ: عصره فاستخرج دهنه
He pressed sesame seeds and extracted their oil.
وسلأه مائة درهم: نقده
He paid him one hundred dirhams.
وسلأه مائة سوط سلأ: ضربه بها
He struck him with one hundred lashes.
وسلأ الجذع والعسيب سلأ: نزع شوكهما
He removed the thorns from the palm trunk and the frond.
والسلاء، بالضم، ممدود: شوك النخل على وزن القراء
'Salaa', with damma, means palm thorns, on the pattern of 'qiraa'.
سلاءة كعصا النهدي، غل لها ... ذو فيئة، من نوى قران، معجوم
A thorn like the Nahdi stick, to which is attached... a knot from the Qiran date pit, chewed.
وسلأ النخلة والعسيب سلأ: نزع سلاءهما، عن أبي حنيفة
He removed their thorns from the palm tree and the frond, according to Abu Hanifa.
والسلاء: ضرب من النصال على شكل سلاء النخل
'Salaa' is a type of blade shaped like a palm thorn.
كأنما يضرب جلده بالسلاء ، وهي شوكة النخلة، والجمع سلاء بوزن جمار
As if his skin were being struck with 'salaa', which is a palm thorn, and the plural is 'salaa' on the pattern of 'jimaar'.
والسلاء: ضرب من الطير، وهو طائر أغبر طويل الرجلين
'Salaa' is a type of bird, a grey bird with long legs.