Arabic edit

Root
س ل ف (s-l-f)
 
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Noun edit

سُلْفَة (sulfaf (plural سُلُفَات (sulufāt) or سُلَف (sulaf))

  1. something done in advance
    1. advance payment, credit
    2. food prepared in advance, provision
  2. inner lining of boots, inner sole, insole
  3. portion of land raked

Declension edit

Noun edit

سِلْفَة (silfaf (plural سِلْفَات (silfāt) or سَلَائِف (salāʔif), masculine سِلْف (silf)) (rare)

  1. sister-in-law

Declension edit

References edit

  • سلفة” in Almaany
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “سلفة”, in Arabic-English Lexicon[1], London: Williams & Norgate, page 1409
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “سلفة”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart[2] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 588

South Levantine Arabic edit

Root
س ل ف
2 terms

Etymology edit

From Arabic سِلْف (silf).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /sil.fe/, [ˈsɪl.fe]
  • IPA(key): /sil.fa/, [ˈsɪl.fa]
  • (file)

Noun edit

سلفة (silfef (plural سلفات (salafāt), masculine سلف (silf))

  1. sister-in-law (husband's brother's wife)