س ل س ل

Root entry · 20 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of flowing, smoothness, and continuity. It extends to describe pleasant-tasting water, easy-flowing liquids like wine, and the interconnectedness of things, often metaphorically applied to chains, lightning, and even writing.

Derived headwords

السَّلْسَلnoun

1.
Sweet waterboth
Refers to sweet, pleasant-tasting water that is easy to swallow.
2.
Smooth wineboth
Describes wine that is smooth and easy to drink.
3.
Mountainclassical
A mountain located in the Dahnā' region, belonging to the Banu Tamim tribe.

ماء سلسل — sweet water

بردى يصفق بالرحيق السلسل — Bardā' beats with the smooth, sweet wine

سَلْسَالnoun

1.
Flowing waterboth
Water that is easy to swallow due to its sweetness and purity.
2.
Smooth wineboth
Refers to smooth and pleasant wine.

وسلسال: سهل الدخول في الحلق، لعذوبته، وصفائه — and salsal: easy to enter the throat, due to its sweetness and purity

بردى يصفق بالرحيق السلسل — Bardā' beats with the smooth, sweet wine

السَّلَاسِلnoun

1.
Chainsboth
A series of connected links, typically made of metal, used for binding or restraint.
2.
Lines of lightningboth
The streaks or flashes of lightning as they extend across the sky.
3.
Lines of cloudsboth
The elongated formations of clouds.
4.
Rows of textclassical
The lines or rows of writing in a book.
5.
Sand dunesboth
Accumulations of sand that form interconnected ridges.

حقائبهم راح عتيق ودرمك ... وريط وفاثورية وسلاسل — their saddlebags contained old wine and fine cloth... and silk garments and chains

بدت سلاسل البرق — the chains of lightning appeared

ما أحسن سلاسل كتابه — how beautiful are the lines of his writing

سَلْسَلَverb

1.
To flow smoothlyboth
Used to describe water or other liquids flowing easily, especially downwards.
2.
To be chainedclassical
To be bound or linked together with chains.
3.
To eatclassical
To eat something, particularly a piece of the camel's hump, as if pouring it down the throat.

تسلسل الماء: جرى في حدور، أو صبب — water flowed: it ran downwards, or was poured

وسلسل: إذا أكل السلسلة، أي القطعة من السنام — and salsal: if he ate the salsal, i.e., the piece of the hump

تَسَلْسَلَverb

1.
To flow continuouslyboth
To move or flow in a continuous, unbroken stream, often downwards.
2.
To be linkedboth
To be connected or joined together in a series.
3.
To be worn thinclassical
Used for clothing that has become thin and worn through use.
4.
To shimmerclassical
Refers to the shimmering or rippling effect on the surface of a sword (farand).

تسلسل في عرض السحاب — it flowed across the width of the clouds

وتسلسل الثوب، وتخلخل: لبس حتى رق — and the garment became thin, and loose: worn until it became thin

مُسَلْسَلadjective

1.
Chainedboth
Bound or linked together with chains.
2.
Interconnectedboth
Connected or linked together in a series.
3.
Poorly wovenclassical
Describes a garment that is thinly and poorly woven.
4.
Striped or patternedclassical
Refers to a garment with a striped or patterned design.
5.
Continuous lightningclassical
Lightning that appears to flow or extend without interruption.

وشيء مسلسل: متصل بعضه ببعض — and something مسلسل: connected to each other

وثوب مسلسل: فيه وشي مخطط — and a مسلسل garment: having striped embroidery

والبرق المسلسل: الذي يتسلسل في أعاليه، ولا يكاد يخلف — and the مسلسل lightning: that flows in its upper parts, and hardly ever fails

مُتَسَلْسِلadjective

1.
Flowingboth
Moving or flowing in a continuous stream.
2.
Linkedboth
Connected or joined together in a series.
3.
Worn thinclassical
Describes clothing that has become thin and worn.

وثوب مسلسل، ومتسلسل: رديء النسج، رقيقه — and a مسلسل garment, and mutasalsil: of poor weaving, thin

إذا خاف من نجم عليها ظماءة ... أدب إليها جدولا يتسلسل — if it feared thirst from a star upon it... it guided to it a stream that flowed

السِّلْسِلَةnoun

1.
Chainboth
A series of connected links, typically made of metal.
2.
A long piece of the camel's humpclassical
A long section of the hump of a camel.
3.
A type of weaselclassical
A small, quick-moving animal with a slender tail.

والسلسلة: اتصال الشيء بالشيء — and the salsalah: the connection of one thing to another

والسلسلة: دائر من حديد، ونحوه من الجواهر مشتق م ذلك — and the salsalah: a ring of iron, or similar from jewels, derived from that

والسلسلة، بالكسر: الوحرة، وهي دويبة رقيطاء، لها ذنب رقيق — and the salsalah, with kasra: the wahrah, which is a small, quick animal, with a slender tail

سِلْسِلnoun

1.
Flowing waterclassical
A term for water that flows easily and pleasantly.
2.
Sand duneclassical
A long, undulating ridge of sand.

وسلسيل، كما في اللسان — and salsil, as in Al-Lisān

السَّلَاسِلَانname

1.
Two placesclassical
Two locations situated in the lands of Banu Asad.

خليلي بين السلسلين لو أنني ... بنعف اللوى أنكرت ما قلتما ليا — My two companions, between the Salsalayn, if I were at Na'f al-Lawā, I would deny what you two said to me

السَّلْسَلname

1.
Mountainclassical
A mountain in the Dahnā' region, belonging to the Banu Tamim.

يكفيك جهل الأحمق المستجهل ضحيانة من عقدات السلسل — Enough for you is the ignorance of the foolish one who is made ignorant, a midday heat from the knots of the Salsal

السَّلَاسِلnoun

1.
Interlocking sandclassical
Sand that clumps together and forms interconnected ridges.

والسلاسل: رمل يتعقد بعضه على بعض، بعضه على بعض، وينقاد — and al-salāsil: sand that knots together, one part on another, and is tractable

سِلْسِلَةnoun

1.
Weaselclassical
A small, agile animal with a slender tail.

والسلسلة، بالكسر: الوحرة، وهي دويبة رقيطاء، لها ذنب رقيق — and al-salsalah, with kasra: the wahrah, which is a small, quick animal, with a slender tail

سَلْسَلَverb

1.
To chainclassical
To bind someone or something with chains.

وسلسله: قيده بالسلسلة — and he chained him: he bound him with the chain

مُسَلْسَلadjective

1.
Chainedclassical
Bound with chains.

فهو مسلسل — so he is chained

ذَات السَّلَاسِلname

1.
Battle nameclassical
A historical battle, likely named after a location with interconnected sand dunes or a water source.
2.
Watering placeclassical
A watering place in the land of Judham, beyond Wadi al-Qura.

غزوة ذات السلاسل — the Ghazwah of Dhat al-Salasil

أجدك لم تهتج لرسم المنازل ... ودار ملوك فوق ذات السلاسل — Do you not get excited by the traces of the dwellings... and the houses of kings above Dhat al-Salasil?

سَلْسَلname

1.
Riverclassical
A river located in the southern part of Iraq.

وسلسل، كجعفر: نهر في سواد العراق — and Salsal, like Ja'far: a river in the black lands of Iraq

درب السلسلةname

1.
Street nameclassical
A street in Baghdad, near the gate of Kufa.

ودرب السلسلة ببغداد، عند باب الكوفة — and Darb al-Silsilah in Baghdad, near the gate of Kufa

السَّلْسِيلname

1.
Village nameclassical
A village near Tinnīs.

ومنية السلسيل: بالكسر: قرية قرب تنيس — and Munyat al-Salsil: with kasra: a village near Tinnīs

السُّلَالِيّname

1.
Juristclassical
A jurist from Yemen.

وأحمد بن عبد الله بن أحمد الكناني - السلالي، بالضم: أحد الفقهاء باليمن — and Ahmad bin Abdullah bin Ahmad al-Kinani - al-Sulali, with damma: one of the jurists in Yemen

Parallel reading

الماء العذب، السلس، السهل في الحلق، أو البارد أيضا

Sweet water, smooth, easy on the throat, or cold as well

ماء سلسل

sweet water

وسلسال: سهل الدخول في الحلق، لعذوبته، وصفائه

and salsal: easy to enter the throat, due to its sweetness and purity

كالسلاسل، بالضم

like chains, with damma

شاهد السلسل قول أبي كبير: (أم سبيل إلى الشباب، وذكره ... أشهى إلي من الرحيق السلسل)

The witness for al-salsal is the saying of Abu Kabir: (Is there a way to youth, and its remembrance... is more desirable to me than the smooth, sweet wine)

وشاهد السلاسل قول لبيد: (حقائبهم راح عتيق ودرمك ... وريط وفاثورية وسلاسل)

And the witness for al-salāsil is the saying of Labīd: (Their saddlebags contained old wine and fine cloth... and silk garments and chains)

إذا خاف من نجم عليها ظماءة ... أدب إليها جدولا يتسلسل

If it feared thirst from a star upon it... it guided to it a stream that flowed

وثوب مسلسل، ومتسلسل: رديء النسج، رقيقه.

And a garment that is musalsal, and mutasalsil: of poor weaving, thin.

والسلسلة: اتصال الشيء بالشيء

And al-salsalah: the connection of one thing to another

والسلسلة: دائر من حديد، ونحوه من الجواهر مشتق م ذلك

And al-salsalah: a ring of iron, or similar from jewels, derived from that

ومن المجاز: بدت سلاسل البرق، أي استطال في خفقانه

And metaphorically: the chains of lightning appeared, meaning it extended in its flashing

وسلاسل السحاب: ما تسلسل منه أيضا، واحدتها سلسلة

And the chains of clouds: what flows from it as well, its singular is salsalah

والسلاسل: رمل يتعقد بعضه على بعض، بعضه على بعض، وينقاد، قاله أبو عبيد

And al-salāsil: sand that knots together, one part on another, and is tractable, said Abu Ubayd

ويقال: ما سلسل طعاما: أي ما أكله كأنه ما صبه في حلقه.

And it is said: he did not eat food salsal: meaning he ate it as if he poured it into his throat.

وغزوة ذات السلاسل، ظاهره أنه بفتح السين، وهو المشهور

And the Ghazwah of Dhat al-Salasil, its apparent form is with fatha on the sin, and it is the famous one

وهي، أي: ذات السلاسل: ماء بأرض جذام، وراء وادي القرى

And it, meaning: Dhat al-Salasil: is a watering place in the land of Judham, beyond Wadi al-Qura

وتسلسل الماء في الحلق: جرى

And water flowed in the throat: it ran

والتسلسل: بريق فرند السيف ودبيبه.

And al-tasalsul: the shimmer of the sword's pattern and its ripple.

والبرق المسلسل: الذي يتسلسل في أعاليه، ولا يكاد يخلف.

And the musalsal lightning: that flows in its upper parts, and hardly ever fails.

ويقال للغلام الخفيف الروح: سلسل، ولسلس، بالضم، عن ابن الأعرابي.

And they call a light-hearted boy: salsal, and lalsal, with damma, from Ibn al-A'rabi.

والحديث المسلسل: مثل أن يقول المحدث: صافحت فلانا، قال: صافحت فلانا، هكذا إلى رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم

And the musalsal hadith: is like when the narrator says: I shook hands with so-and-so, he said: I shook hands with so-and-so, thus up to the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him