سلاف

Arabic
سُلَاف هُنْغَارِيّ (sulāf hunḡāriyy)

Etymology 1

From the root س ل ف‎ (s-l-f).

Alternative forms
  • سُلَافَة‎ (sulāfa)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /su.laːf/

Noun

سُلَاف • (sulāf) m

  1. wine of high sugar content prepared from the juice that grapes release without pressing, for they have become sweet and slack from hanging to long on the vines ☛ such a wine has no English name but is being known from German wine regions as Ausbruch, Vorschuss, Vorlauf, Vorsprung, Vorlass, Beerwein, from Bohemia as samoteč, samotok, from Croatia as samòtok, from Slovenia as samotok, from Hungary as aszú, and by the Ancient Romans and Greeks as protropum and πρότροπος (prótropos) and πρόδρομος (pródromos). It is not to be confused with straw wine.
    • a. 625, اَلأَعْشَى (al-ʾaʿšā)
      ‏وَكَأسٍ كَعَينِ الديكِ باكَرتُ حَدَّها
      بِفِتيانِ صِدقٍ وَالنَواقيسُ تُضرَبُ
      سُلافٍ كَأَنَّ الزَعفَرانَ وَعَندَما
      يُصَفَّقُ في ناجودِها ثُمَّ تُقطَبُ      ‎
      wa-kaʾsin ka-ʿayni ad-dīki bākartu ḥadda-hā
      bi-fityāni ṣidqin wa-n-nawāqīsu tuḍrabu
      sulāfin ka-ʾanna az-zaʿfarāna wa-ʿindamā
      yuṣaffaqu fī nājūdi-hā ṯumma tuqṭabu
      There are stoops splendid like cock’s eyen, and I betook myself early to cross the border [into the land of the Christians]
      with friendly lads, where the bells are hit,
      where there is fore-must wine like saffron,
      and one clinks the beakers and then mixes the wine.
Declension
Declension of noun سُلَاف (sulāf)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal سُلَاف
sulāf		 السُّلَاف‎
as-sulāf		 سُلَاف
sulāf
Nominative سُلَافٌ
sulāfun		 السُّلَافُ‎
as-sulāfu		 سُلَافُ
sulāfu
Accusative سُلَافًا‎
sulāfan		 السُّلَافَ‎
as-sulāfa		 سُلَافَ
sulāfa
Genitive سُلَافٍ
sulāfin		 السُّلَافِ‎
as-sulāfi		 سُلَافِ
sulāfi

Etymology 2

Noun

سْلَاف • (slāf) m (collective, singulative سْلَافِيّ‎ (slāfiyy))

  1. Slavs

Declension
Declension of noun سْلَاف (slāf)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal سْلَاف
slāf		 السّْلَاف‎
as-slāf		 سْلَاف
slāf
Nominative سْلَافٌ
slāfun		 السّْلَافُ‎
as-slāfu		 سْلَافُ
slāfu
Accusative سْلَافًا‎
slāfan		 السّْلَافَ‎
as-slāfa		 سْلَافَ
slāfa
Genitive سْلَافٍ
slāfin		 السّْلَافِ‎
as-slāfi		 سْلَافِ
slāfi
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