سلس

Root entry · 15 derived lemmas

The root سلس (sals) primarily denotes qualities of being smooth, easy, and yielding. This extends to physical smoothness, ease of movement or control, and also to a lack of restraint, particularly concerning bodily functions or mental faculties.

Derived headwords

سَلِسَverb

1.
to be smooth, easyboth
Describes something that is smooth, easy to handle, or easy to move.
2.
to be yielding, obedientboth
Describes a person or animal that is easily led or controlled.

سَلِسٌadjective

1.
smooth, easyboth
Describes something that is smooth, gentle, or easy to manage.
2.
yielding, obedientboth
Describes a person or animal that is compliant and easily controlled.

شيء سلس: لين سهل — A smooth thing: soft and easy.

ورجل سلس أي لين منقاد — And a yielding man, meaning soft and obedient.

سَلَاسَةٌnoun

1.
smoothness, easeboth
The quality of being smooth, gentle, or easy to handle.
2.
yieldingness, obedienceboth
The state of being compliant and easily controlled.

سُلُوسٌnoun

1.
smoothness, easeboth
The quality of being smooth, gentle, or easy to handle.
2.
yieldingness, obedienceboth
The state of being compliant and easily controlled.
3.
wineclassical
A name for wine, possibly due to its smooth, easy flow.

وقلائد من حبلة وسلوس — And necklaces of rope and beads.

ألقت السلوسا — It (the animal) cast off the wine.

سَلِسَverb

1.
to be smooth (of liquid)both
Describes a liquid that flows easily and smoothly.

وشراب سلس: لين الانحدار — And a smooth drink: easy to swallow.

سَلِسَverb

1.
to lose control of urineboth
To be unable to retain urine.

وسلس بول الرجل إذا لم يتهيأ له أن يمسكه — And a man's urine flows uncontrollably if he is unable to hold it.

سَلِسٌadjective

1.
incontinent (of urine)both
One who cannot control their urine.

وفلان سلس البول إذا كان لا يستمسكه — And so-and-so is incontinent of urine if he cannot hold it.

سَلِسٌadjective

1.
unrestrained, looseboth
Describes something that is loose, shaky, or unstable.

وكل شيء قلق، فهو سلس — And everything that is shaky, it is سلس.

أَسْلَسَverb

1.
to shed fruit prematurelyboth
Describes a date palm that sheds its unripe fruit.
2.
to give birth prematurelyboth
Describes a female animal that gives birth before its full term.

وأسلست النخلة فهي مسلس إذا تناثر بسرها — And a date palm sheds its fruit prematurely, and it is مسلس if its unripe dates fall off.

وأسلست الناقة إذا أخرجت الولد قبل تمام أيامه، فهي مسلس — And a she-camel gives birth prematurely if she delivers the young before its full term, and she is مسلس.

مُسْلِسٌadjective

1.
shedding fruit prematurelyboth
A date palm that sheds its unripe fruit.
2.
giving birth prematurelyboth
A female animal that gives birth before its full term.

سَلْسَلَverb

1.
to be linked like a chainclassical
Describes something that is connected or arranged in a series, like links in a chain.

وأراد بقوله مسلس مسلسل أي فيه مثل السلسلة من الفرند — And he meant by his saying مسلس مسلسل that it had like a chain of pattern (on the sword).

سَلْسَلَةٌnoun

1.
chainboth
A series of connected links, often made of metal.
2.
herb (Salsola)classical
A type of herb, similar to 'nasi', which has feathery parts that can irritate the eyes.

سَلَاسٌnoun

1.
loss of mind, madnessclassical
The state of losing one's mental faculties or becoming insane.

والسلاس: ذهاب العقل — And سلس: loss of mind.

سَلِسَverb

1.
to lose one's mindclassical
To become insane or mentally deranged.

وقد سلس سلسا وسلسا — And he lost his mind, سلس and سلس.

مَسْلُوسٌadjective

1.
insane, madclassical
One who has lost their mind or is mentally deranged.
2.
weakened in body and mindclassical
Someone whose mind and body are both debilitated.

ورجل مسلوس: ذاهب العقل والبدن — And a مسلوس man: one whose mind and body are gone.

كأنه إذ راح مسلوس الشمق — As if when he went, he was مسلوس of arrogance.

Parallel reading

شيء سلس: لين سهل.

A smooth thing: soft and easy.

ورجل سلس أي لين منقاد.

And a yielding man, meaning soft and obedient.

وسلس المهر إذا انقاد.

And the colt is yielding when it obeys.

والسلس، بالتسكين: الخيط ينظم فيه الخرز، زاد الجوهري فقال: الخرز الأبيض الذي تلبسه الإماء، وجمعه سلوس؛

And السلس, with sukun: the thread on which beads are strung, Al-Jawhari added: the white beads that female slaves wear, and its plural is سلوس;

ويزينها في النحر حلي واضح، ... وقلائد من حبلة وسلوس

And adorning her neck are clear jewels, ... And necklaces of rope and beads.

والواضح: الذي يبرق.

And الواضح: that which shines.

وأراد بقوله مسلس مسلسل أي فيه مثل السلسلة من الفرند.

And he meant by his saying مسلس مسلسل that it had like a chain of pattern (on the sword).

والسلوس: الخمر؛ عن ابن الأعرابي؛

And السلوس: wine; according to Ibn Al-A'rabi;

شمط الرؤوس ألقت السلوسا

The grey-haired ones cast off the wine.

وشراب سلس: لين الانحدار.

And a smooth drink: easy to swallow.

وسلس بول الرجل إذا لم يتهيأ له أن يمسكه.

And a man's urine flows uncontrollably if he is unable to hold it.

وفلان سلس البول إذا كان لا يستمسكه.

And so-and-so is incontinent of urine if he cannot hold it.

وكل شيء قلق، فهو سلس.

And everything that is shaky, it is سلس.

وأسلست الناقة إذا أخرجت الولد قبل تمام أيامه، فهي مسلس.

And a she-camel gives birth prematurely if she delivers the young before its full term, and she is مسلس.

والسلسة: عشبة قريبة الشبه بالنصي وإذا جفت كان لها سفا يتطاير إذا حركت كالسهام يرتد في العيون والمناخر، وكثيرا ما يعمي السائمة.

And السلسة: a herb similar to 'nasi', and when it dries, it has feathery parts that fly off when moved like arrows, returning into the eyes and nostrils, and often blinding the grazing animal.

والسلاس: ذهاب العقل، وقد سلس سلسا وسلسا؛

And السلاس: loss of mind, and he lost his mind, سلس and سلس;

ورجل مسلوس: ذاهب العقل والبدن.

And a مسلوس man: one whose mind and body are gone.

والمسلوس المجنون؛

And المسلوس: the insane;