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سلء

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the processing and extraction of substances, particularly fats and oils. It also extends to actions like striking, hastening, and removing thorns, as well as referring to specific types of birds and palm shoots.

Derived headwords

سَلَأَverb
  1. 1.
    to cook fatboth

    To cook or process clarified butter (ghee).

  2. 2.
    to press sesameclassical

    To press sesame seeds to extract their oil.

  3. 3.
    to strikeclassical

    To strike or hit something.

  4. 4.
    to hasten paymentclassical

    To hasten the payment of a debt or the delivery of goods.

  5. 5.
    to remove thornclassical

    To remove the thorn or spine from a trunk or stem.

سَلْءnoun
  1. 1.
    cooking fatboth

    The act of cooking or processing clarified butter (ghee).

  2. 2.
    pressing sesameclassical

    The act of pressing sesame seeds to extract oil.

  3. 3.
    strikingclassical

    The act of striking or hitting.

  4. 4.
    hastening paymentclassical

    The act of hastening payment or delivery.

  5. 5.
    removing thornclassical

    The act of removing a thorn or spine.

استَلَأَverb
  1. 1.
    to cook fatboth

    To cook or process clarified butter (ghee). This is a Form VIII verb derived from the root.

سِلاءnoun
  1. 1.
    clarified butterboth

    Clarified butter or ghee, especially when cooked or processed.

  2. 2.
    sesame oilclassical

    Oil extracted from sesame seeds.

  3. 3.
    thornclassical

    A thorn or spine, particularly from a palm tree trunk.

  4. 4.
    birdclassical

    A type of bird.

  5. 5.
    palm shootclassical

    A shoot or sprout from a palm tree, resembling a thorn.

أسْلِئةnoun
  1. 1.
    clarified butter (pl.)both

    Plural of سِلاء (silā'), referring to clarified butter or ghee.

Parallel reading

سَلَأ السمنَ كمنع
He cooked the clarified butter, like 'mana'a'.
وكاستلأه
And he cooked it, as in 'istala'ahu'.
والاسم: ككتاب، ج: أسلئة
And the noun is like 'kitāb', plural 'asli'ah'.
والسمسم: عصره
And sesame: pressing it.
وضرب
And striking.
وعجل نقده
And hastening its payment.
والجذع: نزع سلاءه، أي: شوكه
And the trunk: removing its thorn, meaning its spine.
والسلاء: طائر
And as-silā': a bird.
ونصل كسلاء النخل
And a blade like the thorn of the palm tree.