سلفة

Arabic

Etymology

From the root س ل ف (s-l-f).

Noun

سُلْفَة (sulfa) f (plural سُلُفَات (sulufāt) or سُلَف (sulaf))

  1. something done in advance
    1. advance payment, credit
    2. food prepared in advance, provision
  2. inner lining of boots, inner sole, insole
  3. portion of land raked

Declension

Noun

سِلْفَة • (silfa) f (plural سِلْفَات (silfāt) or سَلَائِف (salāʾif), masculine سِلْف (silf))

(rare)
  1. sister-in-law

Declension

References

  • سلفة” in Almaany
  • Lane, Edward William (1863), سلفة”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 1409
  • Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), سلفة”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 588
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