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
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