س ل ق

Root entry · 16 derived lemmas

The root س ل ق primarily denotes actions related to forceful or rapid movement, striking, or intense speech. It extends to meanings of burning, cooking, and making something smooth or bare. Figuratively, it signifies harsh words, natural disposition, and specific geographical locations or types of plants.

Derived headwords

سَلَقَverb

1.
to hurt with wordsboth
To inflict pain or harm through harsh or intense speech, often by speaking sharply or offensively.
2.
to strip meat from boneclassical
To detach or remove meat from a bone.
3.
to stab or pushclassical
To pierce, push, or strike someone forcefully.
4.
to burn (plants)classical
To scorch or burn plants, typically due to cold or heat.
5.
to throw downclassical
To throw someone down onto their back or rear.
6.
to oil or greaseclassical
To apply oil or grease to something, like a waterskin or leather.
7.
to boilboth
To boil something, especially with fire or hot water.
8.
to insertclassical
To insert one part into another, such as a strap into a loop.
9.
to brandclassical
To brand a camel with a mark of ownership or healing.
10.
to runclassical
To run or move with a swift gait.
11.
to cry outboth
To raise one's voice loudly, especially in grief or distress.
12.
to have intercourseclassical
To have sexual intercourse with a woman, often described as lying her on her back.
13.
to flayclassical
To strip the skin off someone, similar to flaying with a whip.
14.
to remove hairclassical
To remove hair or fur from something using hot water, leaving a mark.

سلقوكم بألسنة حداد — they attacked you with sharp tongues

سلق اللحم عن العظم — he stripped the meat from the bone

سلق البرد النبات — the cold burned the plants

فسلقني لحلاوة القفا — he threw me down onto the nape of my neck

سلق المزادة — he oiled the waterskin

سلق الشيء سلقا — he boiled the thing

سلق الجوالق، يسلقه سلقا — he inserted one loop of the bag into the other

سلق البعير بالهناء — he branded the camel with a mark

سلق سلقا — he cried out loudly

سلق الجارية سلقا — he laid the slave girl on her back and had intercourse with her

سلق فلانا بالسوط — he flayed him with the whip

سلق شيئا بالماء الحار — he removed the hair from something with hot water

سَلْقَاةnoun

1.
a type of intercourseclassical
A specific manner of sexual intercourse, performed on one's back.

السلقاة: ضرب من البضع — The salqāh: a type of intercourse

سَلِيقadjective

1.
burned by cold/heatclassical
Describing plants that have been scorched or burned by extreme temperatures, either cold or heat.

فهو سليق: سلقه البرد فأحرقه — so it is salīq: the cold burned it and scorched it

سَلِيقَةnoun

1.
nature, dispositionboth
Innate nature, natural disposition, or inherent character.
2.
natural readingclassical
Reading or reciting something naturally, without conscious effort or learning.
3.
cooked greensclassical
A dish made from boiled greens, often eaten during times of famine.
4.
honeycomb structureclassical
A structure built by bees for honey, often elongated.
5.
side of a pathclassical
The side or edge of a path or road.
6.
mark of a strapclassical
The mark left by a strap on a camel's body.

هذه سليقته التي سلق عليها — This is his nature upon which he was created

فلان يقرأ بالسليقة — So-and-so recites naturally

طبخ سليقة — she cooked salīqah (a dish of greens)

السليقة: شيء ينسجه النحل في الخلية طولا — The salīqah: something that bees weave lengthwise in the hive

السليق من الطريق: جانبه — The salīq of the road: its side

السلائق: الشرائح ما بين الجنبين — The salā'iq: the strips between the flanks

السَّلْقnoun

1.
a type of plantboth
A well-known edible green plant, similar to chard or beet greens.
2.
a wolfclassical
A wolf.
3.
a high mountainclassical
A tall mountain, specifically one near Mosul overlooking the Zab river.
4.
a plainclassical
A flat, smooth, open plain or depression in the land.
5.
a scarclassical
The healed mark of a camel's sore or wound, especially when it turns white.
6.
mark of a strapclassical
The mark left by a saddle strap on a camel's side or belly.
7.
water channelclassical
A watercourse or channel between two elevated parts of the land.

كان فينا امرأة تجعل على إربنا في مزرعة لها سلقا — There was among us a woman who used to plant salq (greens) in her field

السلق: بقلة معروفة — Al-salq: a known herb

السلق: الذئب — Al-salq: the wolf

السلق بالتحريك: جبل عال بالموصل — Al-salq (with harakah): a high mountain in Mosul

السلق، بالتحريك: القاع الصفصف الأملس — Al-salq (with harakah): the smooth, flat plain

السلق بالفتح: أثر دبرة البعير إذا برأت وابيض موضعها — Al-salq (with fatha): the mark of a camel's healed sore when its place turns white

السلق أيضا: أثر النسع في جنب البعير — Al-salq also: the mark of the strap on the camel's flank

السلق بالكسر: مسيل الماء بين الصمدين من الأرض — Al-salq (with kasra): the water channel between two elevated parts of the land

سَلْقَةnoun

1.
a she-wolfclassical
A female wolf.
2.
a loud cryclassical
A loud cry or shriek, especially one uttered in grief or distress.
3.
a vulgar womanclassical
A vulgar, foul-mouthed, or impudent woman, likened to a she-wolf.

السلقة: الذئبة خاصة — Al-salqah: specifically the she-wolf

ومن الحديث: ليس منا من سلق أو حلق — And from the hadith: He is not among us who cries out loudly or slaps his face

السلقة بالكسر: المرأة السليطة الفاحشة — Al-salqah (with kasra): the vulgar, foul-mouthed woman

سَلْقِيّadjective

1.
related to salq (place)classical
Pertaining to or originating from a place named Salq.
2.
natural, innateclassical
Relating to one's natural disposition or innate character.

أبو عمر وأحمد بن روح السلقي — Abu Amr and Ahmad bin Ruh al-Salqi

سَلْقِيَّةnoun

1.
a place nameclassical
A place name, possibly a region or town.

سلقتة كانت بساحل أنطاكية — Salqatah was on the coast of Antioch

سُلُوقname

1.
a land/regionclassical
A region or land, possibly in Yemen, known for its horses and dogs.
2.
a place nameclassical
A place name, possibly near Armenia, known for dogs.

معهم ضوار من سلوق كأنها حصن تجول — They have predators from Suluq as if they were roaming fortresses

تقد السلوقي المضاعف نسجه — The Suluqi (dog) of doubled weave tears its prey

سَلَّقَverb

1.
to boilmodern
To boil something, especially food.

سَلَّاقadjective

1.
eloquentclassical
Eloquent and persuasive in speech, with a strong voice.

والخاطب السلاق — and the eloquent orator

السَّالِقَةnoun

1.
one who cries outclassical
A woman who raises her voice loudly in grief or lamentation.

والسالقة وهي: التي ترفع صوتها عند المصيبة — and the sāliqah, which is she who raises her voice upon a calamity

السَّلِيقِيّadjective

1.
natural speechclassical
Relating to natural, unstudied speech, characteristic of Bedouins.

السليقي من الكلام: ما تكلم به البدوي بطبعه ولغته — Al-salīqī of speech: what the Bedouin speaks by his nature and language

السَّلْقِيَّةnoun

1.
helm of a shipclassical
The place where the helmsman sits on a ship.

السلوقية: مقعد الربان من السفينة — Al-sulūqiyyah: the captain's seat on the ship

الأسَالِقnoun

1.
upper mouthclassical
The upper part of the inside of the mouth, near the palate.

بين اللها الداخل والأسالق — between the inner uvula and the asalāq

السَّيْلَقadjective

1.
swift (camel)classical
Describing a swift or fast-moving female camel.

ناقة سيلق: ماضية في سيرها — A saylaq camel: one that is fast in its pace

Parallel reading

سلقه بالكلام يسلقه سلقا: آذاه وهو شدة القول باللسان، وهو مجاز

He hurt him with words, hurting him severely with speech, which is metaphorical.

ويقال: سلقه بلسانه سلقا: أسمعه ما يكره، فأكثر

And it is said: He attacked him with his tongue, making him hear what he disliked, and excessively.

سلقوكم بألسنة حداد أي: بالغوا فيكم بالكلام، وخاصموكم في الغنيمة أشد مخاصمة

They attacked you with sharp tongues, meaning they exaggerated against you in speech and argued with you fiercely over the spoils.

وقال الفراء: معناه عضوكم، يقول: آذوكم بالكلام في الأمر بألسنة سليطة ذربة

Al-Farra' said: It means they tore you apart, meaning they harmed you with speech in the matter with sharp, glib tongues.

وسلق اللحم عن العظم أي: التحاه ونحاه عنه

And he stripped the meat from the bone, meaning he detached and removed it.

وسلق فلانا: إذا طعنه ودفعه وصدمه كسلقاه يسلقيه سلقاء

And he struck a person: if he stabbed, pushed, and collided with him, like salqāh.

وسلق البرد النبات: إذا أحرقه فهو سليق

And the cold burned the plants: if it scorched them, they are salīq.

وسلق فلانا: صرعه على قفاه وكذلك سلقاه

And he threw a person down: he felled him onto his back, and likewise salqāh.

أتاني جبريل فسلقني لحلاوة القفا

Gabriel came to me and threw me down onto the nape of my neck.

وسلق المزادة سلقا: دهنها وكذلك الأديم

And he oiled the waterskin, and likewise the leather.

وسلق الشيء سلقا: غلاه بالنار

And he boiled the thing, boiling it with fire.

سلق الجوالق، يسلقه سلقا: أدخل إحدى عروتيه في الأخرى

He inserted one loop of the bag into the other.

وسلق البعير بالهناء: إذا هنأه أجمع

And he branded the camel with a mark: if he marked it completely.

وسلق سلقا: صاح لغة في صلق

And he cried out loudly: a dialectal variant of ṣalaqa.

ليس منا من سلق أو حلق

He is not among us who cries out loudly or slaps his face.

وسلق الجارية سلقا: بسطها على قفاها فجامعها

And he had intercourse with the slave girl: he laid her on her back and then had intercourse with her.

وسلق فلانا بالسوط: إذا نزع جلده

And he whipped a person with a whip: if he stripped his skin.

وسلق شيئا بالماء الحار: أذهب شعره ووبره وبقي أثره وكل شيء طبخ بالماء بحتا فقد سلق

And he treated something with hot water: he removed its hair and fur, and its mark remained; and everything cooked purely with water has been salq.

السلق بالفتح: أثر دبرة البعير إذا برأت وابيض موضعها

Al-salq (with fatha): the mark of a camel's healed sore when its place has healed and turned white.

السلق أيضا: أثر النسع في جنب البعير أو بطنه ينحص عنه الوبر

Al-salq also: the mark of the girth strap on the camel's flank or belly from which the hair is rubbed off.

والسليقة: تأثير الأقدام والحوافر في الطريق وتلك الآثار مما ذكر تسمى السلائق

And the salīqah: the impact of feet and hooves on the road, and those marks are called salā'iq.

السلق بالكسر: مسيل الماء بين الصمدين من الأرض

Al-salq (with kasra): the water channel between two elevated parts of the land.

السلق: بقلة، م معروفة قال ابن شميل: هي الجغندر

Al-salq: a plant, well-known; Ibn Shumayl said: it is chard.

فأما هذه البقالة التي تسمى السلق، فما أدري ما صحتها، على أنها في وزن الكلام العربي

As for this vegetable called al-salq, I do not know its authenticity, although it is in the pattern of Arabic words.

وهو يجلو، ويلين، ويفتح ويسر النفس، نافع للنقرس والمفاصل

It clears, softens, opens, and pleases the soul, beneficial for gout and joints.

والسالقة وهي: التي ترفع صوتها عند المصيبة أو عند موت أحد أو لاطمة وجهها

And the sāliqah is she who raises her voice upon a calamity or upon someone's death, or slaps her face.

السلقة بالكسر: المرأة السليطة الفاحشة شبهت بالذئبة في خبثها

Al-salqah (with kasra): the vulgar, foul-mouthed woman, likened to a she-wolf in her malice.

السليق كأمير: ماتحات من صغار الشجر

Al-salīq (like amīr): withered shoots from small trees.

وقال الأصمعي: السليق: الشجر الذي أحرقه حر أو برد

Al-Asma'i said: Al-salīq: the trees that were burned by heat or cold.

وقال ابن عباد السليق: يبيس الشبرق والذي طبخته الشمس

Ibn Abbad said: Al-salīq: dried locust beans and what the sun has cooked.

والسليقة: الطبيعة والسجية

And al-salīqah: nature and disposition.

ويقال: فلان يقرأ بالسليقة، أي: بطبيعته، لا يتعلم

And it is said: So-and-so recites naturally, meaning by his nature, not by learning.

ويقال: طبخ سليقة: هي الذرة تدق وتصلح

And it is said: Cooked salīqah: it is pounded and prepared millet.

والسليقة: أيضا ما سلق من البقول ونحوها والجمع سلائق

And al-salīqah: also what is boiled from greens and the like, and the plural is salā'iq.

وقال الليث: السليقة: مخرج النسع في دف البعير

Al-Layth said: Al-salīqah: the exit of the girth strap on the camel's hump.

ويقال: فلان يتكلم بالسليقية منسوب إلى السليقة

And it is said: So-and-so speaks in the salīqiyyah manner, attributed to salīqah.

وقال غيره: السليقي من الكلام: ما تكلم به البدوي بطبعه ولغته

And others said: Al-salīqī of speech: what the Bedouin speaks by his nature and language.

وسلوق كصبور: أرض، وفي التهذيب: صلى الله عليه وسلم باليمن، تنسب إليها الدروع والكلاب

And Sulūq (like ṣabūr): land, and in Al-Tahdhib: The Prophet, peace be upon him, was in Yemen, to which armor and dogs are attributed.

أو سلوق: د، بطرف إرمينية يعرف ببلد اللان، تنسب إليه الكلاب

Or Suluq: a place, on the edge of Armenia, known as the land of the Lan, to which dogs are attributed.

والسلوقية: مقعد الربان من السفينة

And al-sulūqiyyah: the captain's seat on the ship.

والأسالق: ما يلي لهوات الفم من داخل

And al-asalāq: what is adjacent to the uvula from the inside of the mouth.

والسيلق، كصيقل: السريعة من النوق

And al-saylaq (like ṣayqal): the swift female camel.