سلق
العربية
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سلق¹
Where it comes from
Cognate with Aramaic שְׁלַק / ܫܠܰܩ (šlaq, “to boil”), whereas Ge'ez ተሳለቀ (täsaläḳä, “to scoff at”) is unrelated but the source of the Qurʾānic use for verbal “bashing” and related by metathesis to the Ugaritic 𐎖𐎍𐎕 (qlṣ, “to scorn”), Hebrew קִלֵּס (qilles, “to mock”), dialectal Arabic قَلَّسَ (qallasa, “to mock”).
verb سَلَقَ · salaqa · يَسْلُقُ · سَلْق · سَالِق
- to thrust, to prostrate, to pierce, to push, to repel
- to hurt, to gall, to flay, to lash, to assault
- to hurt verbally, to taunt فَإِذَا جَاءَ الْخَوْفُ رَأَيْتَهُمْ يَنْظُرُونَ إِلَيْكَ تَدُورُ أَعْيُنُهُمْ كَالَّذِي يُغْشَىٰ عَلَيْهِ مِنَ الْمَوْت فَإِذَا ذَهَبَ الْخَوْفُ سَلَقُوكُم بِأَلْسِنَةٍ حِدَادٍ
- to boil without adding any seasoning
- to remove animal's feathers (by boiling it)
- to enkindle, to ignite
- to climb (a wall, etc)
noun سَلْق · salq · السَّلْق · سَلْقٌ
- verbal noun of سَلَقَ (salaqa) (form I) وأمّا الغَوشَنة فهي قريبة من الكمأة باردة رطبة وهي أقلّ بردًا وأصلح، وفيها بورقية وملوحة تفارقها عند السلق ويصلحها السلق. وليس له من الغلظ واللزوجة ورداءة الخلط ما الكمأة وهي تؤكل بالحموضات ولَذَّته كلَذَّة الغضاريف.
سلق²
Where it comes from
From Classical Syriac ܣܠܩܐ (silqā, selqā), from Aramaic סילקא, ultimately from Ancient Greek σικελικόν (sikelikón, literally “the Sicilian one”); cognate with Neo-Babylonian 𒌑𒋛𒅋𒋡 (/silqu/) itself a loan word from Aramaic, also a doublet of شَلْجَم (šaljam) through an Iranian loan.
noun سِلْق · silq · السِّلْق · سِلْقٌ
- chard (Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris)
In English
- chard Beta vulgaris subsp. cicla — see also beet
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