سلاف
Arabic
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Etymology 1
From the root س ل ف (s-l-f).
Alternative forms
- سُلَافَة (sulāfa)
Pronunciation
Noun
سُلَاف • (sulāf) m
- 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.
- wa-kaʾsin ka-ʿayni ad-dīki bākartu ḥadda-hā
- a. 625 اَلأَعْشَى (al-ʔaʕšā)
Declension
Declension of noun سُلَاف (sulāf)
Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
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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))
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 |