سَلَفَ
Root: سلف
Form: 1
Full Definition
سَلَفَI
, Present.T
ـُ or, accord. to some, ـِ and accord. to IKtt, سَلَفٌ and
ـِ Verbal.Noun سَفٌ, or سُلُوفٌ, [both app. correct,] It [and also he ] passed; passed away; came to an end, or to nought; or became cut off: and, Verbal.Noun سَلْفٌ, or سَفٌ, and سُلُوفٌ, he [and also it ] went before, or preceded; and so
سالف , said of a camel. In a verse cited voce سَلْفَ رَدَادٌ is used by poetic
2 You say also, سَلَفَ لَهُ عَمَلٌ صَالِحٌ, meaning A good, or righteous, deed of his preceded [so as to prepare for him a future reward].
3 And سَلَفَتِ النَّاقَةُ, Verbal.Noun سُلُوفٌ, The she-camel was, or became, among the foremost of the camels in arriving at the water.
4 [Golius and Freytag mention also سَلَفَ as a trans. verb; the former explaining it as signifying “ Præteriit, præcessit, rem; ” and the latter adding “ tempore, ” and assigning to it the inf. ns. سَلْفٌ and سُلُوفٌ; as on the authority of the K; in which I find no indication of such a usage of this verb.]
def.2 سَلَفَ الأَرْضَ, Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun سَلْفٌ; and ; He turned over the land for sowing: or he made it even with the مِسْلَفَة [q. v.].
2 سَلَفَ المَزَادَةَ, Verbal.Noun سَلْفٌ, [in some copies of the K سَلَف,] He oiled, or greased, the مزادة [or leathern water-bag].
2 You say also, سَلَفَ لَهُ عَمَلٌ صَالِحٌ, meaning A good, or righteous, deed of his preceded [so as to prepare for him a future reward].
3 And سَلَفَتِ النَّاقَةُ, Verbal.Noun سُلُوفٌ, The she-camel was, or became, among the foremost of the camels in arriving at the water.
4 [Golius and Freytag mention also سَلَفَ as a trans. verb; the former explaining it as signifying “ Præteriit, præcessit, rem; ” and the latter adding “ tempore, ” and assigning to it the inf. ns. سَلْفٌ and سُلُوفٌ; as on the authority of the K; in which I find no indication of such a usage of this verb.]
def.2 سَلَفَ الأَرْضَ, Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun سَلْفٌ; and ; He turned over the land for sowing: or he made it even with the مِسْلَفَة [q. v.].
2 سَلَفَ المَزَادَةَ, Verbal.Noun سَلْفٌ, [in some copies of the K سَلَف,] He oiled, or greased, the مزادة [or leathern water-bag].
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