سُلْطَانٌ
Root: سلط
Full Definition
سُلْطَانٌ
Strength, might, force, or power; as also
سَلْطَنَةٌ : predominance; the possession, or exercise, of superior power or force, or of dominion, or authority, and power, or of absolute dominion or authority and power; as also
سُلْطَةٌ ; the former being syn. with
تَسَلُّطٌ [used as a subst.]; and the latter being the subst. from تَسَلَّطَ: power of dominion; sovereign, or ruling, power; [in this sense, as well as in the first,] i. q.
سَلْطَنَةٌ ; power of a king; and of a governor; [i. e.] delegated power, or power given to one who is not a king; also written سُلْطَانٌ; which is the only instance of this form: it is masc. and fem.; generally masc., in the opinion of the skilful; but sometimes fem.; so say IAmb and Zj and others: but ISk says that it is fem. One says, or some say, قَضَتْ بِهِ السُّلْطَانُ The sovereign, or ruling, power (
2 Strength, or hardness, of anything: sharpness of anything: force, or violence, of anything. The vehemence of winter. An excited and predominant state of the blood; or inflammation thereof. The flaming, or blazing, of fire.
3 A proof; an evidence; an argument;
4 Also A ruler, or governor, or the like; a king; a sovereign; a khaleefeh: these are its most common applications [in the writings of post-classical times]: thus applied because the person so called is made to predominate; to have, or exercise, superior power or force; to have dominion, or the like: or because he is one of the evidences of God: or because he possesses proof or evidence [of his right]: or because by him pleas and rights are established: or because he enlightens the earth, and is of great usefulness; the word being derived from سَلِيطٌ [signifying “ olive-oil ”]: it is of the measure فُعْلَانٌ: and when [thus] applied to a person, it is masc.: or it is masc. and fem.: accord. to Mohammad Ibn-Yezeed, fem. because it is [originally] pl. of سَلِيطٌ applied to “ oil; ” as though the kingdom shone by him; or because it has the signification of حُجَّةٌ: and sometimes masc., because regarded as meaning a man; or because regarded as a sing.: so says Mohammad Ibn-Yezeed; but Az observes that none beside him says this: Fr says that he who makes it masc. regards it as meaning رَجُلٌ; and he who makes it fem. regards it as meaning حُجَّةٌ: the pl. is سَلَاطِينُ. It is also, itself, sometimes used as a pl.; as in the phrase سَيِّدُ السُّلْطَانِ, used by a poet, meaning سَيِّدُ السَّلَاطِينَ [The lord of kings]; i. e. the khaleefeh: [but this may be rendered the lord of sovereign power, &c.:] or, as some say, the latter word is here pl. of سَلِيطٌ, like as رُغْفَانٌ is pl. of رَغِيفٌ.
2 Strength, or hardness, of anything: sharpness of anything: force, or violence, of anything. The vehemence of winter. An excited and predominant state of the blood; or inflammation thereof. The flaming, or blazing, of fire.
3 A proof; an evidence; an argument;
4 Also A ruler, or governor, or the like; a king; a sovereign; a khaleefeh: these are its most common applications [in the writings of post-classical times]: thus applied because the person so called is made to predominate; to have, or exercise, superior power or force; to have dominion, or the like: or because he is one of the evidences of God: or because he possesses proof or evidence [of his right]: or because by him pleas and rights are established: or because he enlightens the earth, and is of great usefulness; the word being derived from سَلِيطٌ [signifying “ olive-oil ”]: it is of the measure فُعْلَانٌ: and when [thus] applied to a person, it is masc.: or it is masc. and fem.: accord. to Mohammad Ibn-Yezeed, fem. because it is [originally] pl. of سَلِيطٌ applied to “ oil; ” as though the kingdom shone by him; or because it has the signification of حُجَّةٌ: and sometimes masc., because regarded as meaning a man; or because regarded as a sing.: so says Mohammad Ibn-Yezeed; but Az observes that none beside him says this: Fr says that he who makes it masc. regards it as meaning رَجُلٌ; and he who makes it fem. regards it as meaning حُجَّةٌ: the pl. is سَلَاطِينُ. It is also, itself, sometimes used as a pl.; as in the phrase سَيِّدُ السُّلْطَانِ, used by a poet, meaning سَيِّدُ السَّلَاطِينَ [The lord of kings]; i. e. the khaleefeh: [but this may be rendered the lord of sovereign power, &c.:] or, as some say, the latter word is here pl. of سَلِيطٌ, like as رُغْفَانٌ is pl. of رَغِيفٌ.
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