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س ل ع ف

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to the concepts of swallowing, thick or coarse things, and a specific type of sharpened stick used for hunting.

Derived headwords

السُّلَعْفnoun
  1. 1.
    Thick/coarse thingclassical

    A thick, coarse, or substantial object or substance.

  2. 2.
    A type of trapclassical

    A sharpened stick or stake set around a tree for hunting wild animals.

سلعفهverb
  1. 1.
    to swallowclassical

    To swallow something whole or quickly.

المُسَلْعَفadjective
  1. 1.
    Thick/coarseclassical

    Describing something as thick, coarse, or substantial.

السِّلْعَافnoun
  1. 1.
    Sharpened stick for huntingclassical

    A sharpened stick or stake, set around a tree, used by hunters to kill wild animals.

Parallel reading

السلعف، كجردحل، وحضجر أهمله الجوهري
Al-sul'af, like jurdahal, and hadjar, was neglected by Al-Jauhari.
وقال ابن الفرج عن جماعة من أعراب قيس: هو السلخف، والتخفيف نقله ابن عباد.
And Ibn Al-Faraj said, from a group of Bedouins of Qais: it is al-salkhaf, and the shortening (of the word) was transmitted by Ibn 'Abbad.
وسلعفه، سلعفة ابتلعه، نقله الأزهري
And sal'afahu, sal'afatan means he swallowed it, as transmitted by Al-Azhari.
أو الصواب بالغين المعجمة، كما نقله الصاغاني.
Or the correct pronunciation is with the voiced velar stop (ghain), as transmitted by Al-Sagani.
والسلعاف، بالكسر: عود محدد، ينصب حول الشجرة للسباع، يقتلونها به
And al-sil'af, with a kasra: is a sharpened stick, set around a tree for wild beasts, which they kill with it.
والغين لغة فيه، كما يأتي.
And the 'ghain' is a variant pronunciation for it, as will be mentioned later.