سلخ

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Arabic

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Etymology

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From the root س ل خ (s-l-ḵ). Compare Hebrew שָׁלַח (šālaḥ) and Classical Syriac ܫܠܚ (šlaḥ).

Verb

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سَلَخَ (salaḵa) I, non-past يَسْلَخُ‎ (yaslaḵu)

  1. to strip
  2. to flay

Conjugation

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Noun

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سَلْخ (salḵm

  1. verbal noun of سَلَخَ (salaḵa) (form I)
  2. the act of stripping

Declension

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Noun

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سِلْخ (silḵm (plural أَسْلَاخ (ʔaslāḵ) or سُلُوخ (sulūḵ))

  1. hide, skin

Declension

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References

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  • سلخ” in Almaany
  • Freytag, Georg (1833) “سلخ”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[1] (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 339
  • Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “سلخ”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc[2] (in French), volume 1, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, page 1121

Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic سِلْخ (silḵ, hide, skin).

Noun

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سلخ (selh)

  1. hide, pelt, the flayed off skin of an animal used by humans for various purposes
  2. slough, the skin shed by a snake or other reptile when the old skin is outgrown
    Synonyms: قاو (kav), ییلان قاوی (yılan kavı)
  3. the last day of a lunar month, in reference to the Hijri, the Islamic lunar calendar
  4. plagiarism, the act of copying another person's poem and presenting it as one's own
    Synonym: انتحال (intihal)

Descendants

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  • Turkish: selh

Further reading

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South Levantine Arabic

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Root
س ل خ
1 term

Etymology

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From Arabic سَلَخَ (salaḵa).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /sa.lax/, [ˈsa.lax]
  • Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

Verb

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سلخ (salaḵ) I (present بسلخ (bislaḵ))

  1. (transitive) to skin
  2. to hit with, to slap (a fine, penalty)

Conjugation

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    Conjugation of سلخ (salaḵ)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m سلخت (salaḵt) سلخت (salaḵt) سلخ (salaḵ) سلخنا (salaḵna) سلختو (salaḵtu) سلخو (salaḵu)
f سلختي (salaḵti) سلخت (salḵat)
present m بسلخ (baslaḵ) بتسلخ (btislaḵ) بسلخ (bislaḵ) منسلخ (mnislaḵ) بتسلخو (btislaḵu) بسلخو (bislaḵu)
f بتسلخي (btislaḵi) بتسلخ (btislaḵ)
subjunctive m أسلخ (ʔaslaḵ) تسلخ (tislaḵ) يسلخ (yislaḵ) نسلخ (nislaḵ) تسلخو (tislaḵu) يسلخو (yislaḵu)
f تسلخي (tislaḵi) تسلخ (tislaḵ)
imperative m اسلخ (islaḵ) اسلخو (islaḵu)
f اسلخي (islaḵi)