سلس

Arabic

Root
س ل س (s l s)
3 terms

Etymology

Compare سَلِسَ (salisa, “to be obedient, to be docile, to be smooth (style)”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.lis/

Adjective

سَلِس • (salis) (feminine سَلِسَة (salisa), masculine plural سَلِسُونَ (salisūna), feminine plural سَلِسَات (salisāt), elative أَسْلَس (ʔaslas))

1. docile, obedient, tame
2. sociable, easygoing
3. familiar
4. flexible, smooth (style)
5. ("modern") phlegmatic
6. suffering from diabetes

Declension

Declension of adjective سَلِس (salis)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	سَلِس salis	السَّلِس as-salis	سَلِسَة salisa	السَّلِسَة as-salisa
Nominative	سَلِسٌ salisun	السَّلِسُ as-salisu	سَلِسَةٌ salisatun	السَّلِسَةُ as-salisatu
Accusative	سَلِسًا salisan	السَّلِسَ as-salisa	سَلِسَةً salisatan	السَّلِسَةَ as-salisata
Genitive	سَلِسٍ salisin	السَّلِسِ as-salisi	سَلِسَةٍ salisatin	السَّلِسَةِ as-salisati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	سَلِسَيْن salisayn	السَّلِسَيْن as-salisayn	سَلِسَتَيْن salisatayn	السَّلِسَتَيْن as-salisatayn
Nominative	سَلِسَانِ salisāni	السَّلِسَانِ as-salisāni	سَلِسَتَانِ salisatāni	السَّلِسَتَانِ as-salisatāni
Accusative	سَلِسَيْنِ salisayni	السَّلِسَيْنِ as-salisayni	سَلِسَتَيْنِ salisatayni	السَّلِسَتَيْنِ as-salisatayni
Genitive	سَلِسَيْنِ salisayni	السَّلِسَيْنِ as-salisayni	سَلِسَتَيْنِ salisatayni	السَّلِسَتَيْنِ as-salisatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	سَلِسِين salisīn	السَّلِسِين as-salisīn	سَلِسَات salisāt	السَّلِسَات as-salisāt
Nominative	سَلِسُونَ salisūna	السَّلِسُونَ as-salisūna	سَلِسَاتٌ salisātun	السَّلِسَاتُ as-salisātu
Accusative	سَلِسِينَ salisīna	السَّلِسِينَ as-salisīna	سَلِسَاتٍ salisātin	السَّلِسَاتِ as-salisāti
Genitive	سَلِسِينَ salisīna	السَّلِسِينَ as-salisīna	سَلِسَاتٍ salisātin	السَّلِسَاتِ as-salisāti

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: səlis

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “سلس”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “سلس”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN