سلك

• IPA^(key): /sa.la.ka/

سَلَكَ • (salaka) I (non-past يَسْلُكُ (yasluku), verbal noun سَلْك (salk) or سُلُوك (sulūk))

1. to follow a road, to wend, to travel along
2. to enter upon a course
3. to behave, to comport oneself
4. to proceed, to act
5. to set foot, to enter

سَلَكَ • (salaka) I (non-past يَسْلُكُ (yasluku), verbal noun سَلْك (salk))

1. to insert
2. to pass (through the eye of a needle), to thread

• IPA^(key): /sal.la.ka/

سَلَّكَ • (sallaka) II (non-past يُسَلِّكُ (yusalliku), verbal noun تَسْلِيك (taslīk))

1. to clean, to clear
2. to unreel, to unwind, reel off (thread or silk)
3. to wind (thread) upon a reel or skein
4. to cover with wire, to wind by strings
   • p. 1897, a. 1917, “Gifts worthy of kings: An episode in Dār Fūr-Taqalī relations”, in Lidwien Kapteijns and Jay Spaulding, editors, Sudanic Africa‎^[1], volume 1, published 1990, pages 61–70:

     ١ تركاس داخله سبعه حراب طبايق مسلكين بفضه
     ٢ كواكب مسلكين بفضه

     1 quiver wherein there are seven short throwing spears wired with silver
     2 spears of wide and jagged blade wired with silver

5. to clarify, to unravel, to disentangle
6. to put money into currency
7. to introduce a custom

• IPA^(key): /silk/

سِلْك • (silk) m (plural اَسْلَاك (aslāk))

1. thread
2. string (also of a musical instrument)
3. line
4. wire
5. rail
6. organization, body, profession, corps, cadre

• → Turkish: silk

• IPA^(key): /salk/

سَلْك • (salk) m

1. verbal noun of سَلَكَ (salaka) (form I)

From Arabic سَلَكَ (salaka).

• IPA^(key): /sa.lak/

سَلَك • (salak) I (non-past يِسْلُك (yisluk))

1. to proceed, to pass by

From Arabic سَلَّكَ (sallaka).

• IPA^(key): /sal.lak/

سَلَّك • (sallak) II (non-past يِسَلِّك (yisallik))

1. to clean, to clear, to unclog
2. (figurative, by extension) to ignore
3. to cover with wire, to wind by string

From Arabic سِلْك (silk).

• IPA^(key): /silk/, [sɪlk]

سِلك • (silk) m (plural أَسْلَاك (ʔaslāk))

1. wire, line
2. thread, string

From Arabic سِلْك (silk).

• IPA^(key): /salk/

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سلك • (salk) m (plural سلوكة (slūka) or سلوك (slūk))

1. wire

From Arabic سَلَّكَ (sallaka).

• IPA^(key): /sal.lak/

سلك • (sallak) II (non-past يسلك (ysallak), verbal noun تسلاك (taslāk) or تسليك (taslīk), active participle مسلك (msallak)) (transitive)

1. to save, to rescue
   • c. 1742-1850, الشيخ عبد القادر العلمي, “غيتنا يا خير هادي”, in ديوان الشيخ عبد القادر العلمي (موسوعة الملحون), الرباط: أكاديمية المملكة المغربية, published 2009, →ISBN, →OCLC:

     يا نور شعاع تمادي
     سلكني من شر العدا ومن كيد الحسود

     yā nūr šʕāʕ tmādi
     sallakni min šarr le-ʕdā w-min kīd le-ḥsūd

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. to ignore, to let (something) pass, to let (something) slide

From Arabic سَلَكَ (salaka).

• IPA^(key): /sa.lak/, [ˈsa.lak]

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سلك • (salak) I (present بسلك (boslok))

1. to go smoothly
2. to get used to (+ على)

   Synonym: تعوّد (tʕawwad)