السلط

Root entry · 17 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of strength, intensity, and authority. It extends to meanings of being sharp, eloquent, or powerful, and also encompasses terms for oil, specific types of weapons, and geographical locations.

Derived headwords

السَّلِيطnoun

1.
oilboth
Refers to olive oil or any oil pressed from seeds.
2.
eloquent personboth
A description for a male who is eloquent and articulate.
3.
sharp metalclassical
Denotes the sharp or hardened part of anything, particularly metal.
4.
nameboth
Can be used as a proper name.
5.
tribal ancestorclassical
Refers to an ancestor of a tribe.

سَلِيطَةadjective

1.
sharp-tongued womanboth
A feminine adjective describing a woman who is sharp-tongued or eloquent.

سُلْطَانَةnoun

1.
authorityboth
Refers to power, dominion, or sovereignty.
2.
rulerboth
A female ruler or sovereign.

سُلْطَانnoun

1.
authorityboth
Refers to proof, evidence, or argument.
2.
powerboth
The power or might of a king or ruler.
3.
rulerboth
A governor, viceroy, or sovereign.
4.
proofboth
Can refer to a decisive argument or evidence.

سَلَاطَةnoun

1.
sharpnessboth
Refers to sharpness, intensity, or eloquence.

سُلُوطَةnoun

1.
sharpnessclassical
Similar to سلاطة, denoting sharpness or intensity.

سَلَطَverb

1.
to be strongboth
To be strong, intense, or powerful.
2.
to be sharp-tonguedboth
To be eloquent or sharp in speech.

السُّلْطَةnoun

1.
arrowclassical
A thin, long arrow.
2.
bagclassical
A sack or bag made for holding grass or straw.

السَّلائِطnoun

1.
furnaceclassical
Refers to a furnace or oven.
2.
large locustsclassical
Large species of locusts.

مَسْلُوط اللِّحْيَةadjective

1.
thin-cheekedclassical
Describing a man with lean or thin cheeks.

المَسَالِيطnoun

1.
key teethclassical
The teeth or bits of a key.

السُّلْطِيطnoun

1.
powerful personclassical
One who is empowered or dominant.
2.
pot-belliedclassical
Describing someone with a large or prominent belly.

السَّلْطnoun

1.
city in Syriaclassical
A place name, a city located in Syria.

السَّلْطnoun

1.
sword bladeclassical
The blade of a sword that is straight and without a groove in the middle.

التَّسْلِيطnoun

1.
dominanceboth
The act of making dominant or superior.
2.
empowermentboth
The act of granting power or authority.

سُلْطَان الدَّمnoun

1.
blood feudclassical
The instigation or perpetuation of a blood feud.

سُلْطَان بن إِبْرَاهِيمname

1.
juristclassical
A specific jurist from Jerusalem.

Parallel reading

السَّلِيط: الشَّديد، واللِّسان الطَّويل، والطَّويل اللِّسان

Al-salīt: the strong, the long-tongued, and the long-tongued person.

وهي سَلِيطَة وسُلْطَانَة، مُحَرَّكة

And she is salīṭah and sulṭānah, with short vowels.

والسَّلِيط: الزَّيت، وكلُّ دُهْنٍ عُصِرَ من حَبٍّ

And al-salīṭ: olive oil, and every oil pressed from seeds.

والفَصيح، مَدْحٌ للذَّكَر، ذَمٌّ للأنْثَى

And the eloquent one, a praise for a male, a dispraise for a female.

والحَديدُ من كلِّ شيءٍ

And the hardened metal of everything.

والسُّلْطان: الحُجَّة، وقُدْرَةُ المَلِكِ

And al-sulṭān: the proof, and the power of the king.

وتُضَمُّ لامُه، والوالي، مُؤَنَّثٌ، لأنَّه جَمْعُ سَلِيطٍ للدُّهْنِ

And its lām is optionally pronounced with dammah, and the governor, feminine, because it is a plural of salīṭ for oil.

كأنَّ به يُضِيءُ المَلِكُ، أو لأنَّه بمعنى الحُجَّةِ

As if by it the king shines, or because it means proof.

وقد يُذَكَّرُ ذَهاباً إلى مَعْنى الرَّجُلِ

And it may be masculine referring to the meaning of man.

وسُلْطانُ الدَّمِ: تَبِيغُهُ

And sulṭān al-dam: its instigation.

وسُلْطانُ كلِّ شيءٍ: شِدَّتُهُ

And the sulṭān of everything: its intensity.

والسُّلْطَة، بالكَسْرِ: السَّهْمُ الدَّقيقُ الطَّويلُ

And al-sulṭah, with kasrah: the thin, long arrow.

وثَوْبٌ يُجْعَلُ فيه الحَشيشُ والتِّبْنُ

And a garment in which grass and straw are placed.

والسَّلائِطُ: الفَرَّاني، والجَرادِقُ الكِبارُ

And al-salāʾiṭ: the furnaces, and the large locusts.

ورَجُلٌ مَسْلُوطُ اللِّحْيَةِ: خَفيفُ العارِضَيْنِ

And a man maslūṭ al-liḥyah: light of cheekbones (thin-cheeked).

والمَسَالِيطُ: أسْنانُ المَفاتيحِ

And al-masālīṭ: the teeth of keys.

والسُّلْطِيطُ، بالكَسْرِ: المُسَلَّطُ، أو العَظيمُ البَطْنِ

And al-sulṭīṭ, with kasrah: the empowered one, or the large-bellied one.

والسَّلْطُ: ع بالشَّامِ

And al-Salṭ: a place in Syria.

وكَتِفٍ: النَّصْلُ لا نَتْوَ فيهِ وَسَطُهُ

And like katif: the blade (of a sword) that has no groove in its middle.

والتَّسْلِيطُ: التَّغْلِيبُ، وإطْلاقُ القَهْرِ والقُدْرَةِ

And al-taslīṭ: the making dominant, and the release of might and power.