س ل ف

س ل ف • (s-l-f)

1. related to taking, giving and the passing of things

Verbs and verbal derivatives

• Form I: سَلَفَ (salafa, “to precede, to pass by; to flatten; to smear”)
  • Verbal noun: سَلَف (salaf, “an interest-free loan, a good deed, an advanced payment; remarkable thing experienced”)
  • Active participle: سَالِف (sālif, “antecedent, precedent; sideburns”)
  • Passive participle: مَسْلُوف (maslūf)
• Form II: سَلَّفَ (sallafa, “to have a snack, (with ه (h)) to give a snack to a host; (with ه (h)) to lend money”)
  • Verbal noun: تَسْلِيف (taslīf, “borrowing, loan, advance”)
  • Active participle: مُسَلِّف (musallif)
  • Passive participle: مُسَلَّف (musallaf, “advanced, lent, loan”)
• Form III: سَالَفَ (sālafa, “(with ه (h)) to surpass, reach; to walk along with; to precede”)
  • Verbal noun: مُسَالَفَة (musālafa), سِلَاف (silāf)
  • Active participle: مُسَالِف (musālif)
  • Passive participle: مُسَالَف (musālaf)
• Form IV: أَسْلَفَ (ʔaslafa, “to flatten, rake; to loan”)
  • Verbal noun: إِسْلَاف (ʔislāf)
  • Active participle: مُسْلِف (muslif)
  • Passive participle: مُسْلَف (muslaf, “advanced, lent, loaned”)
• Form V: تَسَلَّفَ (tasallafa, “(with من + ه (h)) to get a loan, borrow”)
  • Verbal noun: تَسَلُّف (tasalluf)
  • Active participle: مُتَسَلِّف (mutasallif, “calculated, premeditated”)
  • Passive participle: مُتَسَلَّف (mutasallaf)
• Form VI: تَسَالَفَ (tasālafa, “to marry (two men with two sisters)”)
  • Verbal noun: تَسَالُف (tasāluf)
  • Active participle: مُتَسَالِف (mutasālif)
  • Passive participle: مُتَسَالَف (mutasālaf)
• Form VIII: اِسْتَلَفَ (istalafa, “to ask for a loan or an advanced sum of money”)
  • Verbal noun: اِسْتِلَاف (istilāf, “advance, loan, borrowing”)
  • Active participle: مُسْتَلِف (mustalif, “borrowed, taken in advance”)
  • Passive participle: مُسْتَلَف (mustalaf)
• Form X: اِسْتَسْلَفَ (istaslafa)
  • Verbal noun: اِسْتِسْلَاف (istislāf)
  • Active participle: مُسْتَسْلِف (mustaslif)
  • Passive participle: مُسْتَسْلَف (mustaslaf)

Nouns and adjectives

• سَلْف (salf, “backpack, knapsack”)
• سِلْف (silf, “brother-in-law”)
• سَلِف (salif, “precedent, anterior”)
• سُلْفَة (sulfa, “something done in advance; tidbit, snack; raked ground; sheepskin”)
• سَلَفِيَّة (salafiyya, “Salafism”)
  • سَلَفِيّ (salafiyy, “Salafist, Salafi”)
• مِسْلَفَة (mislafa, “rake”)
• سُلَاف (sulāf, “wine obtained from juice flowing from grapes without pressing them”)
• سَالِفَة (sālifa, “upper part of the neck, where the sideburns are with men”)

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