Arabic edit

Etymology edit

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

Verb edit

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

  1. to strip
  2. to flay

Conjugation edit

Noun edit

سَلْخ (salḵm

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

Declension edit

Noun edit

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

  1. hide, skin

Declension edit

References edit

  • 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 edit

Etymology edit

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

Noun edit

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 edit

  • Turkish: selh

Further reading edit

South Levantine Arabic edit

Root
س ل خ
1 term

Etymology edit

From Arabic سَلَخَ (salaḵa).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /sa.lax/, [ˈsa.lax]
  • (file)

Verb edit

سلخ (salaḵ) I (present بسلخ (bislaḵ))

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

Conjugation edit

    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)