سلك

From the root س ل ك‎ (s-l-k).

سَلَكَ • (salaka) I, non-past يَسْلُكُ‎‎ (yasluku)

1. to follow a road, to wend, to travel along
2. to enter upon a course
3. to behave, to comport oneself
4. to proceed, to act
5. to set foot, to enter

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سَلَكَ • (salaka) I, non-past يَسْلُكُ‎‎ (yasluku)

1. to insert
2. to pass (through the eye of a needle), to thread

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سَلَّكَ • (sallaka) II, non-past يُسَلِّكُ‎‎ (yusalliku)

1. to clean, to clear
2. to unreel, to unwind, reel off (thread or silk)
3. to wind (thread) upon a reel or skein
4. to cover with wire, to wind by strings
   • p. 1897, a. 1917, “Gifts worthy of kings: An episode in Dār Fūr-Taqalī relations”, in Lidwien Kapteijns and Jay Spaulding, editors, Sudanic Africa‎, volume 1, published 1990, pages 61–70:

     ‏١ تركاس داخله سبعه حراب طبايق مسلكين بفضه
     ٢ كواكب مسلكين بفضه‎

     1 quiver wherein there are seven short throwing spears wired with silver
     2 spears of wide and jagged blade wired with silver

5. to clarify, to unravel, to disentangle
6. to put money into currency
7. to introduce a custom

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• Lane, Edward William (1863), “سلك”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “سلك”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979), “سلك”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

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سِلْك • (silk) m (plural اَسْلَاك‎ (aslāk))

1. thread
2. string (also of a musical instrument)
3. line
4. wire
5. rail
6. organization, body, profession, corps, cadre

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• → Turkish: silk

سَلْك • (salk) m

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• IPA^(key): /sa.lak/

سَلَك • (salak) I (non-past يِسْلُك‎ (yisluk))

1. to proceed, to pass by

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• IPA^(key): /sal.lak/

سَلَّك • (sallak) II (non-past يِسَلِّك‎ (yisallik))

1. to clean, to clear, to unclog
2. (figurative, by extension) to ignore
3. to cover with wire, to wind by string

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• IPA^(key): /silk/, [sɪlk]

سِلك • (silk) m (plural أَسْلَاك‎ (ʔaslāk))

1. wire, line
2. thread, string

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• IPA^(key): /salk/

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سلك • (salk) m (plural سلوكة‎ (slūka) or سلوك‎ (slūk))

1. wire

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• IPA^(key): /sa.lak/, [ˈsa.lak]

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سلك • (salak) I (present بسلك‎ (boslok))

1. to go smoothly
2. to get used to (+ على‎)

   Synonym: تعوّد‎ (tʕawwad)