سلس

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of ease, flow, and gentleness, extending to both physical and abstract qualities. It can describe something that is easy to handle or understand, a person who is compliant and yielding, or even a medical condition related to involuntary bodily functions. It also encompasses a specific type of adornment.

Derived headwords

سَلِسَverb

1.
meaning, easyboth
meaning, easy
2.
meaning, soft, compliantboth
meaning, soft, compliant

سَلِسadjective

1.
meaning, easyboth
meaning, easy
2.
meaning, soft, compliantboth
meaning, soft, compliant

ورجل سلس — and a man who is gentle and compliant

سَلَاسَةnoun

1.
easiness, smoothnessboth
The quality of being easy, smooth, or flowing. It refers to a lack of difficulty or resistance.
2.
gentleness, complianceboth
The state of being gentle, yielding, and easily managed; a compliant nature.

بين السلس والسلاسة — between being gentle and possessing gentleness

سَلِس البَوْلadjective

1.
if he cannot hold his urineboth
if he cannot hold his urine

فلان سلس البول — so-and-so is incontinent of urine

سَلْسnoun

1.
meaning, easyboth
meaning, easy
2.
meaning, soft, compliantboth
meaning, soft, compliant

سُلُوسnoun

1.
string of beadsclassical
A type of necklace or adornment made of beads, specifically mentioned in poetry.

وقلائد من حبلة وسلوس — and necklaces of rope and beads

سَلَاسnoun

1.
loss of mindclassical
The state of losing one's mental faculties or sanity.

والسلاس: ذهاب العقل — and سلس (loss of mind): the departure of reason

مَسْلُوسadjective

1.
bereft of reasonclassical
Describing someone whose mind has gone; mentally deranged or insane.

والمسلوس: الذاهب العقل — and maslūs: he whose mind has gone

Parallel reading

شئ سلس، أي سهل.

A thing is sals, meaning easy.

ورجل سلس، أي لين منقاد

And a man is sals, meaning gentle and compliant

بين السلس والسلاسة.

between being gentle and possessing gentleness.

وفلان سلس البول، إذا كان لا يستمسكه.

And so-and-so is sals al-bawl, if he cannot retain it.

والسلس بالتسكين: الخيط ينظم فيه الخرز الأبيض الذي تلبسه الإماء.

And sals (with sukun): the thread on which the white beads worn by slave women are strung.

ويزينها في النحر حلي واضح * وقلائد من حبلة وسلوس *

And adorning her chest are clear jewelry * and necklaces of rope and sals (beads) *

والسلاس: ذهاب العقل.

And salas: the departure of the mind.

والمسلوس: الذاهب العقل.

And maslūs: he whose mind has gone.

وقد سلس.

And he has become sals (lost his mind).