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السلسل

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of flowing water, particularly fresh or cold water. It extends to describe things that are connected or continuous, like chains, and also encompasses terms for poor quality textiles and specific geographical locations.

Derived headwords

السَّلْسَلnoun
  1. 1.
    fresh waterboth

    Water that is sweet or cold, similar to flowing water.

  2. 2.
    mild wineclassical

    Refers to wine that is smooth and easy to drink.

سَلاَسِلnoun
  1. 1.
    chainsboth

    A connection of things to each other, or a long piece of a camel's hump.

  2. 2.
    lightning streaksclassical

    The continuous lines of lightning in the sky.

  3. 3.
    cloud formationsclassical

    The connected parts of clouds.

  4. 4.
    lines of textclassical

    The rows or lines of writing in a book.

  5. 5.
    shifting sandsclassical

    Sand dunes that are interconnected and move.

سِلْسِلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    chainboth

    A ring of iron or similar material, used for connection or restraint.

  2. 2.
    connectionboth

    The linking or joining of one thing to another.

  3. 3.
    part of a humpclassical

    A long section of a camel's hump.

  4. 4.
    lightning streakclassical

    A single continuous line of lightning.

  5. 5.
    cloud formationclassical

    A continuous part of a cloud.

  6. 6.
    ear boneclassical

    The small bone in the ear (stapes).

تسلسلverb
  1. 1.
    to flowboth

    Water flowing downwards in a stream.

  2. 2.
    to be worn outclassical

    A garment becoming thin and worn from being continuously worn.

مُسَلْسَلadjective
  1. 1.
    poorly wovenclassical

    A garment that is badly or loosely woven.

  2. 2.
    stripedclassical

    A garment with woven stripes or patterns.

مُتَسَلْسِلadjective
  1. 1.
    poorly wovenclassical

    A garment that is badly or loosely woven.

السَّلْسَلَانname
  1. 1.
    a mountainclassical

    A specific mountain located in Al-Dahnaa.

السَّلْسِلnoun
  1. 1.
    ear boneclassical

    The small bone in the ear (stapes).

سَلْسَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to flowboth

    Water flowing downwards in a stream.

سَلْسَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to wear outclassical

    A garment becoming thin and worn from being continuously worn.

سَلْسَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to eatclassical

    To consume food.

ذَات السَّلَاسِلname
  1. 1.
    a battleclassical

    A specific military expedition that took place behind Wadi Al-Qura.

Parallel reading

الماء العذب، أو البارد، كالسلاسل
Fresh water, or cold water, like flowing water.
و من الخمر: اللينة
And of wine: the smooth kind.
وتسلسل الماء: جرى في حدور
And water flowed: it ran downwards.
وثوب مسلسل ومتسلسل: رديء النسج
And a garment that is musalsal and mutasalsil: poorly woven.
والسلسلة: اتصال الشيء بالشيء
And the chain: the connection of one thing to another.
والقطعة الطويلة من السنام، ويكسر
And the long piece of the hump, and it is pronounced with kasr.
وبالكسر: دائر من حديد ونحوه
And with kasr: a ring of iron or similar.
وسلاسل البرق والسحاب: ما تسلسل منه
And the chains of lightning and clouds: what flows from them.
واحدتها: سلسلة وسلسل، بكسرهما
Its singular is: silsilah and salsal, with kasr on both.
والسلسلان، بالكسر: ع
And Al-Salsalan, with kasr: a place name.
وكفدفد: جبل بالدهناء
And like Kafdad: a mountain in Al-Dahnaa.
والسلاسل: رمل يتعقد بعضه على بعض، وينقاد
And Al-Salasil: sand that coils upon itself and moves.
ومن الكتاب: سطوره
And from a book: its lines.
والسلسلة، بالكسر: الوحرة
And Al-Silsilah, with kasr: the stapes (ear bone).
وما سلسل طعاما: ما أكله
And he did not salsal food: meaning he did not eat it.
وتسلسل الثوب: لبس حتى رق
And the garment became tasalsul: it was worn until it became thin.
وثوب مسلسل: فيه وشي مخطط
And a musalsal garment: it has striped embroidery.
وغزوة ذات السلاسل: هي وراء وادي القرى، غزاها سرية عمرو بن العاص سنة ثمان
And the Battle of Dhat Al-Salasil: it is behind Wadi Al-Qura, Amr ibn Al-Aas raided it with a detachment in the year eight.