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سلعف

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the act of swallowing or consuming something quickly. It also extends to describing a person of disordered or awkward physical constitution.

Derived headwords

سَلَعَفَverb
  1. 1.
    to swallowboth

    To consume something rapidly and completely, as if swallowing it whole.

سَلَعْفnoun
  1. 1.
    swallowingclassical

    The act of swallowing something quickly.

السَّلَعْفnoun
  1. 1.
    disordered personclassical

    A man who is of an awkward, disordered, or ungainly physical constitution.

السُّلَعْفnoun
  1. 1.
    disordered personclassical

    A man who is of an awkward, disordered, or ungainly physical constitution.

Parallel reading

سلعفت الشيء إذا ابتلعته.
I swallowed the thing if you swallowed it.