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سلفت

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to preceding, going before, or being earlier in time or rank. It also extends to concepts of inheritance, past actions, and historical precedence. Derived terms often denote something that has come before or a predecessor.

Derived headwords

سَلَفَverb
  1. 1.
    to precedeboth

    To go before someone or something in time, place, or rank.

  2. 2.
    to pass awayboth

    To die or pass on, referring to someone who has gone before.

  3. 3.
    to lendclassical

    To advance money or goods to someone with the expectation of repayment.

سَلَفٌnoun
  1. 1.
    predecessorboth

    Someone or something that has preceded another in time, rank, or position.

  2. 2.
    ancestorboth

    A person, typically one more remote than a grandparent, from whom one is descended.

  3. 3.
    forefathersboth

    The ancestors of a person or people.

  4. 4.
    loanclassical

    An amount of money that is borrowed, often from a predecessor or in a past transaction.

سَلَفِيٌّadjective
  1. 1.
    Salafiboth

    Relating to or characteristic of the Salaf, the pious predecessors of Islam.

  2. 2.
    precedingclassical

    Belonging to or characteristic of a predecessor or an earlier time.

سَلِفَverb
  1. 1.
    to be inheritedclassical

    To be passed down from an ancestor or predecessor.

سَلِيفٌnoun
  1. 1.
    predecessorclassical

    One who has gone before.

  2. 2.
    ancestorclassical

    One from whom a person is descended.

سَلْفِيتname
  1. 1.
    Salfitmodern

    A village in the Nablus region, from which a notable scholar hailed.

السَّلِفِيتِيّname
  1. 1.
    Al-Salfitīmodern

    A nisba (attribution) indicating origin from the village of Salfit.

Parallel reading

ومما يستدرك عليه: سلفيت، بالفتح: قرية من أعمال نابلس
And among what is to be added to it: Salfit, with the fatḥa: a village in the districts of Nablus.
منها الشمس محمد بن محمد بن عبد الله المقدسي السلفيتي الشافعي
From it was Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-Maqdisī al-Salfitī al-Shāfiʿī.
سمع على التقي القلقشندي سنة 859
He heard from al-Taqī al-Qalqashandī in the year 859.
وكان فقيهاً
And he was a jurist.