س ل ف

Derived terms

Verbs and verbal derivatives

• Form I: سَلَفَ‎ (salafa, “to happen, pass by, take place; to get ahead; to flatten; to smear”)
  • Verbal noun: سَلَف‎ (salaf, “an interest-free loan, a good deed, an advanced payment”)
  • Active participle: سَالِف‎ (sālif, “antecedent, precedent; sideburns”)
  • Passive participle: مَسْلُوف‎ (maslūf)
• Form II: سَلَّفَ‎ (sallafa, “to have a snack, (with ه‎ (h)) to give a snack to a host; (with ه‎ (h)) to lend money”)
  • Verbal noun: تَسْلِيف‎ (taslīf, “borrowing, loan, advance”)
  • Active participle: مُسَلِّف‎ (musallif)
  • Passive participle: مُسَلَّف‎ (musallaf, “advanced, lent, loan”)
• Form III: سَالَفَ‎ (sālafa, “(with ه‎ (h)) to surpass, reach; to walk along with; to precede”)
  • Verbal noun: مُسَالَفَة‎ (musālafa), سِلَاف‎ (silāf)
  • Active participle: مُسَالِف‎ (musālif)
  • Passive participle: مُسَالَف‎ (musālaf)
• Form IV: أَسْلَفَ‎ (ʾaslafa, “to flatten, rake; to loan”)
  • Verbal noun: إِسْلَاف‎ (ʾislāf)
  • Active participle: مُسْلِف‎ (muslif)
  • Passive participle: مُسْلَف‎ (muslaf, “advanced, lent, loaned”)
• Form V: تَسَلَّفَ‎ (tasallafa, “(with من‎ + ه‎ (h)) to get a loan, borrow”)
  • Verbal noun: تَسَلُّف‎ (tasalluf)
  • Active participle: مُتَسَلِّف‎ (mutasallif, “calculated, premeditated”)
  • Passive participle: مُتَسَلَّف‎ (mutasallaf)
• Form VI: تَسَالَفَ‎ (tasālafa, “to marry (two men with two sisters)”)
  • Verbal noun: تَسَالُف‎ (tasāluf)
  • Active participle: مُتَسَالِف‎ (mutasālif)
  • Passive participle: مُتَسَالَف‎ (mutasālaf)
• Form VIII: اِسْتَلَفَ‎ (istalafa, “to ask for a loan or an advanced sum of money”)
  • Verbal noun: اِسْتِلَاف‎ (istilāf, “advance, loan, borrowing”)
  • Active participle: مُسْتَلِف‎ (mustalif, “borrowed, taken in advance”)
  • Passive participle: مُسْتَلَف‎ (mustalaf)

Nouns and adjectives

• سَلْف‎ (salf, “backpack, knapsack”)
• سِلْف‎ (silf, “brother-in-law”)
• سَلِف‎ (salif, “precedent, anterior”)
• سُلْفَة‎ (sulfa, “tidbit, snack; raked ground; sheepskin”)
• سَلَفِيَّة‎ (salafiyya, “Salafism”)
  • سَلَفِيّ‎‎ (salafiyy, “Salafist, Salafi”)
• مِسْلَفَة‎ (mislafa, “rake”)