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سلفع

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

The root سلفع primarily describes boldness, forwardness, and a certain harshness or coarseness, applied to both people and animals. It can denote bravery and expansiveness in men, but also shrewishness and foul temper in women. It also extends to descriptions of animals and even abstract concepts like financial ruin.

Derived headwords

السَّلِفْعnoun
  1. 1.
    brave, courageous manboth

    A man who is brave, courageous, and open-hearted.

  2. 2.
    bold, impudent manboth

    A man who is bold, forward, sharp, intelligent, and quick-witted.

  3. 3.
    shrewish, ill-mannered womanboth

    A woman who is loud, vulgar, and ill-tempered.

  4. 4.
    bold, forward womanboth

    A woman who is bold and forward.

  5. 5.
    strong, swift camelboth

    A strong, swift, and forward-moving female camel.

السَّلِفْعَةnoun
  1. 1.
    shrewish, ill-mannered womanboth

    A woman who is loud, vulgar, and ill-tempered, similar to السلفع.

  2. 2.
    bold, forward womanboth

    A woman who is bold and forward.

سَلِفْعَةname
  1. 1.
    female dog's nameclassical

    The name of a female dog.

سَلِفْعَverb
  1. 1.
    to become bankruptclassical

    To become bankrupt or financially ruined.

سَلِفْعَverb
  1. 1.
    to strike the neckclassical

    To strike someone on the neck, to behead them.

امرأةٌ سَلِفْعadjective
  1. 1.
    lean, fast-walking womanclassical

    A woman who is lean, fast-walking, and possibly with thin legs and arms.

Parallel reading

الجريء الشجاع الواسع الصدر
The brave, courageous, open-hearted one.
السلفع من الرجال: الجسور
As for men, the salfi' is the bold one.
السلفع: السليط الناجي الحديد الذكي
The salfi' is the sharp, quick, intelligent, and astute one.
السلفع من النساء: الصخابة البذيئة السيئة الخلق
As for women, the salfi' is the loud, vulgar, and ill-tempered one.
الجريئة السليطة
The bold and forward one.
فما خلف من أم عمران سلفع ... من السود ورهاء العنان عروب
And what was left of Umm Imran was a salfi' ... among the dark ones, wide-eyed, defiant.
أيام زينب لا خفيف حلمها ... همشى الحديث ولا رواد سلفع
The days of Zaynab, her temper was not light ... nor was gossip whispered, nor was she a forward salfi'.
شر نسائكم السلفعة
The worst of your women are the salfi'ah.
ليست بسلفع
She is not a salfi'.
الناقة الشديدة
The strong female camel.
الجريئة الماضية
The bold and swift one.
فلا تحسبني شحمة من وقيفة ... مطردة مما تصيدك سلفع
So do not think of me as fat from a she-camel ... driven away from what a salfi' hunts you.
سلفع الرجل: أفلس
A man became bankrupt.
سلفع علاوته: ضرب عنقه
He struck his neck.
امرأة قليلة اللحم، سريعة المشي، رصعاء
A woman with little flesh, fast-walking, and plump.