سلاف

Arabic

FWOTD – 8 December 2019

سُلَاف هُنْغَارِيّ (sulāf hunḡāriyy)

Etymology 1

Root
س ل ف (s-l-f)

Alternative forms

• سُلَافَة (sulāfa)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /su.laːf/

Noun

سُلَاف • (sulāf) m

1. sweet wine from unpressed grapes: wine of high sugar content prepared from the juice that grapes release without pressing, when they have become sweet and slack from hanging too long on the vines
   • a. 625, اَلأَعْشَى (al-ʔaʕšā)

     وَكَأسٍ كَعَينِ الديكِ باكَرتُ حَدَّها
     بِفِتيانِ صِدقٍ وَالنَواقيسُ تُضرَبُ
     سُلافٍ كَأَنَّ الزَعفَرانَ وَعَندَما
     يُصَفَّقُ في ناجودِها ثُمَّ تُقطَبُ

     wa-kaʾsin ka-ʿayni ad-dīki bākartu ḥadda-hā
     bi-fityāni ṣidqin wa-n-nawāqīsu tuḍrabu
     sulāfin ka-ʾanna az-zaʿfarāna wa-ʿindamā
     yuṣaffaqu fī nājūdi-hā ṯumma tuqṭabu

     There are stoops splendid like cock’s eyen, and I betook myself early to cross the border [into the land of the Christians]
     with friendly lads, where the bells are hit,
     where there is fore-must wine like saffron,
     and one clinks the beakers and then mixes the wine.

Declension

Declension of noun سُلَاف (sulāf)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سُلَاف sulāf	السُّلَاف as-sulāf	سُلَاف sulāf
Nominative	سُلَافٌ sulāfun	السُّلَافُ as-sulāfu	سُلَافُ sulāfu
Accusative	سُلَافًا sulāfan	السُّلَافَ as-sulāfa	سُلَافَ sulāfa
Genitive	سُلَافٍ sulāfin	السُّلَافِ as-sulāfi	سُلَافِ sulāfi

Etymology 2

Noun

سْلَاف • (slāf) m (collective, singulative سْلَافِيّ f (slāfiyy))

1. Slavs

   Synonym: صَقَالِبَة (ṣaqāliba)

Declension

Declension of noun سْلَاف (slāf)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سْلَاف slāf	السّْلَاف as-slāf	سْلَاف slāf
Nominative	سْلَافٌ slāfun	السّْلَافُ as-slāfu	سْلَافُ slāfu
Accusative	سْلَافًا slāfan	السّْلَافَ as-slāfa	سْلَافَ slāfa
Genitive	سْلَافٍ slāfin	السّْلَافِ as-slāfi	سْلَافِ slāfi