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الصلف

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns concepts of unpleasantness, harshness, and lack of favor or benefit. It extends to describe undesirable qualities in people, food, and even the environment, often implying a lack of substance or positive outcome.

Derived headwords

الصَّلَفnoun
  1. 1.
    Inner palm heartclassical

    The tender, inner part of a palm tree's heart.

  2. 2.
    Lack of growth/blessingclassical

    A lack of growth and blessing in food.

  3. 3.
    Lack of favorclassical

    A woman not being favored by her husband.

  4. 4.
    Speaking illclassical

    Speaking in a way that displeases your companion.

  5. 5.
    Boasting falselyclassical

    Boasting about something one does not possess, or exceeding one's capacity in arrogance.

صَلِفadjective
  1. 1.
    Arrogantboth

    Characterized by arrogance and claiming more than one's due.

  2. 2.
    Heavy vesselclassical

    A heavy container.

  3. 3.
    Tasteless foodclassical

    Food that lacks flavor or appeal.

  4. 4.
    Water-poor vesselclassical

    A container that holds little water.

  5. 5.
    Thunderous, rain-poor cloudclassical

    A cloud that produces much thunder but little rain.

صَلَافَىnoun
  1. 1.
    Arroganceclassical

    Arrogance or haughtiness.

صَلْفَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    Hard groundclassical

    Hard, rough ground.

  2. 2.
    Level stoneclassical

    A flat stone that is level with the ground.

  3. 3.
    Hard earthclassical

    The solid, unyielding part of the earth.

أَصَالِفnoun
  1. 1.
    Hard earth (pl.)classical

    Plural of 'al-ṣalfā', referring to hard, solid parts of the earth.

صَلِيفnoun
  1. 1.
    Neck's widthclassical

    The width of the neck.

  2. 2.
    Upper vertebraclassical

    The two vertebrae that are closest to the head.

  3. 3.
    Yoke beamsclassical

    Two wooden beams that cross the yoke and secure the saddlebags.

صَالِفname
  1. 1.
    Pre-Islamic mountainclassical

    A mountain in the pre-Islamic era where people would swear oaths of alliance.

أَصْلَفَverb
  1. 1.
    To become heavy-spiritedclassical

    To have one's spirit become heavy or burdened.

  2. 2.
    To have little goodclassical

    To possess little goodness or benefit.

  3. 3.
    To cause hatredclassical

    To cause someone to be disliked or hated.

  4. 4.
    To cause marital dislikeclassical

    For God to cause a wife to be disliked by her husband.

تَصَلَّفَverb
  1. 1.
    To flatterclassical

    To act obsequiously or to flatter.

  2. 2.
    To feign arroganceclassical

    To pretend to be arrogant or to exhibit the qualities of 'ṣalaf'.

  3. 3.
    Camel to tire of fodderclassical

    For a camel to become weary of its fodder and incline towards bitter herbs.

  4. 4.
    To fall into hard groundclassical

    For a group of people to encounter or fall into difficult, hard terrain.

مُصْلِفnoun
  1. 1.
    Unfavored by womenclassical

    A person, particularly a husband, with whom a woman is not favored.

Parallel reading

خوافي قلب النخلة
The inner parts of the palm's heart.
قلة نماء الطعام وبركته
Lack of growth and blessing in food.
أن لا تحظى المرأة عند زوجها
A woman not being favored by her husband.
والتكبر
And arrogance.
وهو صلف
And he is arrogant.
ككتف: الإناء الثقيل
Like 'katif': a heavy vessel.
والطعام لا طعم له
And food that has no taste.
وإناء صلف: قليل الأخذ للماء
And a 'ṣalif' vessel: one that holds little water.
وسحاب صلف: كثير الرعد قليل الماء
And a 'ṣalif' cloud: much thunder, little water.
رب صلف تحت الراعدة
Perhaps a harsh one beneath the thunderer.
من يبغ في الدين يصلف
He who is disliked in religion becomes disliked.
الأرض الغليظة الشديدة
The rough, hard ground.
صفاة قد استوت في الأرض
A flat rock that is level with the ground.
ما صلب من الأرض
What is hard of the earth.
عرض العنق
The width of the neck.
وهما رأس الفقرة التي تلي الرأس من شقيها
And they are the head of the vertebra that follows the skull on its sides.
وعودان يعترضان على الغبيط، تشد بهما المحامل
And two rods that cross the yoke, by which the saddlebags are secured.
جبل كان في الجاهلية يتحالفون عنده
A mountain in the pre-Islamic era where they would swear allegiance.
ثقلت روحه، وقل خيره
His spirit became heavy, and his good diminished.
أبغضه
He hated him.
بغضك إلى زوجك
Your being disliked by your husband.
تملق
He flattered.
تكلف الصلف
He assumed arrogance.
مل من الخلة، ومال إلى الحمض
He tired of the fodder and turned to bitter herbs.
وقعوا في الصلفاء
They fell into the hard ground.
من لا تحظى عنده امرأة
One with whom a woman is not favored.