سلس

Arabic
Root
س ل س‎ (s-l-s)

Etymology

From the root س ل س‎ (s-l-s); compare Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

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

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Descendants
  • → Azerbaijani: səlis

References
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “سلس”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, 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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