سلاف

Arabic

FWOTD – 8 December 2019

Etymology 1

Root
س ل ف (s l f)
8 terms

Alternative forms

سُلَافَة (sulāfa)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /su.laːf/

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.

Declension

Declension of noun **سُلَاف** (sulāf)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	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))

Slavs
Synonym: صَقَالِبَة (ṣaqāliba)

Declension

Declension of noun **سْلَاف** (slāf)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	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