Quranic root
سلل
s · l · l
The root centers on drawing or extending something out gently and covertly.
From this orientation develop extraction and selection, discreet removal or theft, offspring as something drawn out, connected or chain-like forms, flowing water, channels, and figurative wasting or loss.
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- Quran-attested forms
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- Quran senses
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- Quran occurrences
Forms in the Quran
The forms this root actually takes in the Quran. Select one to jump to its senses and examples.
تَسَلَّلَ
tasallala
- Part of speech
- Verb · Form V
- Form
- V
- Quran occurrences
- 1 occurrence
Selected examples are shown with the sense they illustrate — chosen to teach that sense, not the complete list of this form’s Quran occurrences.
To slip away, withdraw, or go out secretly and unobtrusively.
Used for a person or group leaving from among others covertly or gradually; the Quran occurrence is the imperfect plural form يَتَسَلَّلُونَ.
- Mufradāt · row 711
- Lane · entry 41693
Selected Quran examples
Quran 24:63word 13
“slip away”
سُلَالَةٌ
sulālahun
- Part of speech
- Noun
- Quran occurrences
- 2 occurrences
Selected examples are shown with the sense they illustrate — chosen to teach that sense, not the complete list of this form’s Quran occurrences.
An extract or essence drawn from something; hence a pure, selected, or choice portion, especially an extract from earth or clay.
In the Quranic construction مِنْ سُلَالَةٍ مِنْ طِينٍ, it denotes what is drawn or selected from the substance of the earth or clay.
- Lane · entry 41705
- Mufradāt · row 711
Selected Quran examples
Quran 23:12word 5
“an essence”
Quran 32:8word 5
“an extract”
A reproductive extract or seminal fluid, understood as what is drawn out for generation.
This is an explicitly reported Quranic interpretation of سُلَالَةٌ in the creation passage; it presents the reproductive fluid as an extract rather than defining every occurrence of the word in this way.
- Lane · entry 41705
- Mufradāt · row 711
Selected Quran examples
Quran 23:12word 5
“an essence”
Occurrences in the Quran
Every place this root appears, in Quran order. The first few are shown here.
View all 3 occurrencesBroader Classical Arabic meanings
Recorded for this root in the Classical lexicons beyond its Quran usage. These are secondary to the Quran senses above.
Show 69 Classical meanings
سَلَّ
To draw or pull something out or forth, especially gently; also to take or draw something away.
Includes drawing a sword from its sheath or a hair from dough, and taking a dead body head-first toward a grave.
- Lane · entry 41690
سَلَّ
To steal or draw something away covertly, secretly, or clandestinely.
The object may be removed from among comparable objects, as a camel from among other camels.
- Lane · entry 41690
سَلَّ
To lose one's teeth.
Applied to a man, sheep, goat, or an extremely old she-camel whose teeth have fallen out.
- Lane · entry 41690
- Lane · entry 41698
سُلَّ
To become affected by the disease called سِلّ.
Passive-form usage referring to contraction of the wasting pulmonary disease.
- Lane · entry 41690
أَسَلَّ
To steal, especially covertly, secretly, or clandestinely.
The Form IV verb may take the thing stolen, as in stealing from spoil.
- Lane · entry 41691
إِسْلَالٌ
An open raid or predatory incursion.
A noun associated with the Form IV lexical family, distinct from its senses of theft and bribery.
- Lane · entry 41691
أَسَلَّ
To aid another person in stealing or in stealing secretly.
A causative or assistance construction of the Form IV verb.
- Lane · entry 41691
أَسَلَّ
To cause someone to be affected by the disease called سِلّ.
A causative Form IV usage.
- Lane · entry 41691
تَسَلَّلَ
To be or become agitated or in a state of commotion.
An additional Form V usage explained through the image of repeated drawing out.
- Lane · entry 41692
اِنْسَلَّ
To become drawn or pulled out gently; to slip out from something.
Used of a sword slipping from its sheath or a leading-rope coming out of a person's hand.
- Lane · entry 41693
اِنْسَلَّ
To slip away or steal away covertly, secretly, or gradually.
May describe going forth from among people or leaving deliberately and by degrees.
- Lane · entry 41693
اِسْتَسَلَّ
For a river to give off a rivulet or streamlet branching from it.
A specialized Form X construction used of a watercourse.
- Lane · entry 41695
سَلْسَلَةٌ
Connection or being connected with another thing; hence binding or fastening with a chain.
The noun may describe the act of connecting or the resulting binding by a سِلْسِلَة.
- Lane · entry 41696
سَلْسَلَةٌ
The continuous pouring or passing of liquid into the throat.
The same image explains the expression for not eating food, as though it were not passed into the throat.
- Lane · entry 41696
سَلْسَلَ
To eat a long piece taken from a camel's hump.
A specialized verb usage attributed to a lexical authority.
- Lane · entry 41696
تَسَلْسَلَ
For water to run or descend in a continuous, chain-like or rippling course; for lightning to form elongated chain-like streams.
Used of water entering the throat or running down a declivity, and of lightning assuming chain-like forms in clouds.
- Lane · entry 41697
تَسَلْسَلَ
For a sword's varied wavy marks, streaks, or grain to glisten and appear to creep.
A figurative description based on chain-like or rippling appearance.
- Lane · entry 41697
تَسَلْسَلَ
For a garment to become thin through prolonged wear.
A figurative extension of progressive wearing or loosening.
- Lane · entry 41697
سِلٌّ
Consumption or phthisis, a wasting and often fatal disease associated with pulmonary ulceration or persistent cough and fever.
The word has variant vocalizations and is also represented by related forms such as سُلَالٌ.
- Lane · entry 41700
سِلٌّ
Figurative wasting away or loss of property.
A figurative use likening the diminution of wealth to the wasting of the body through the disease سِلّ.
- Lane · entry 41700
سَلَّةٌ
The drawing of swords or the occasion of drawing swords.
A noun of action used in expressions for coming upon people when swords are drawn.
- Lane · entry 41701
سَلَّةٌ
Theft, especially covert, secret, or clandestine theft.
A simple noun corresponding in meaning to the verbal noun إِسْلَالٌ.
- Lane · entry 41701
سَلَّةٌ
A horse's rush among other horses or its burst of speed in striving to outstrip them.
A figurative equestrian use describing a forceful competitive advance.
- Lane · entry 41701
سَلَّةٌ
A horse's revulsion or release of shortness of breath in the chest.
A specialized description of the respiratory episode produced when the horse suppresses such breathlessness.
- Lane · entry 41701
سَلَّةٌ
Power or force of long continuance in a sheep or goat.
A specialized animal husbandry usage.
- Lane · entry 41701
سَلَّةٌ
A basket or receptacle, especially one used for carrying fruit or bread.
The noun may denote a woven or covered basket and has several recorded plural forms.
- Lane · entry 41701
سَلَّةٌ
A fault, breach, or fissure through which water escapes or is absorbed.
Used of a defect in a watering-trough, tank, or jar, and of fissures in the ground that take up water.
- Lane · entry 41701
سَلَّةٌ
Sewing a skin or hide with two thongs through a single puncture or stitch-hole.
A specialized technical usage.
- Lane · entry 41701
سَلِيلٌ
A drawn sword.
A nominal result associated with being drawn out.
- Lane · entry 41704
سَلِيلٌ
A child or offspring, as something brought forth or drawn out from its parent.
The related feminine form is used for a daughter; the sense is not restricted to one sex in general reference.
- Lane · entry 41704
سَلِيلٌ
A colt; with the feminine ending, a filly.
A specialized animal term with additional recorded distinctions concerning the circumstances of birth.
- Lane · entry 41704
سَلِيلٌ
A newly born camel before its sex is known.
A specialized term for a young camel immediately after birth.
- Lane · entry 41704
سَلِيلٌ
A clear, pure, cool, or easily swallowed beverage or wine.
The description emphasizes removal of turbidity and ease of descent into the throat; it can refer to a beverage of Paradise.
- Lane · entry 41704
سَلِيلٌ
A water channel or watercourse in a valley; also a valley or low place where water flows or collects.
The term covers the main channel of a valley, a broad or deep valley, and a narrow torrent channel; a related figurative phrase describes swift travel.
- Lane · entry 41704
سَلِيلٌ
The brain of a horse.
A specialized anatomical usage.
- Lane · entry 41704
سَلِيلٌ
The hump of a camel.
A specialized anatomical or culinary usage.
- Lane · entry 41704
سَلِيلٌ
The spinal cord.
A specialized anatomical usage.
- Lane · entry 41704
سَلِيلٌ
A strip or portion of flesh, especially portions designated as خَصِيل.
The collective expression سَلِيلُ اللَّحْمِ has the plural سَلَائِلُ.
- Lane · entry 41704
سَلِيلَةٌ
A sinew or elongated portion of flesh, including strips running along the backbone.
The word may denote an oblong flesh portion, a thin flesh-like substance, or long slices from a camel's hump.
- Lane · entry 41706
سَلِيلَةٌ
An oblong portion or lump of dried mucus or similar matter in the nose.
The plural is used for such nasal portions.
- Lane · entry 41706
سَلِيلَةٌ
A portion of separated goat hair drawn out for spinning.
The hair is divided, folded, tied, and drawn out portion by portion as it is spun.
- Lane · entry 41706
سَلِيلَةٌ
A certain long fish with a long beak-like snout.
A specialized zoological usage.
- Lane · entry 41706
سَلَّالٌ
A maker of baskets.
A tentatively reported occupational usage for the maker of baskets called سِلَال.
- Lane · entry 41709
سَلْسَلٌ
Sweet, clear, cool water that enters the throat easily; also mellow wine.
The water may be limpid through settling and movement; the wine sense emphasizes sweetness, clarity, and easy swallowing.
- Lane · entry 41710
سَلْسَلٌ
A pool left by a torrent whose surface becomes rippled like a chain when stirred by wind.
A specialized description of the appearance of standing water.
- Lane · entry 41710
سُلْسُلٌ
A light, active, or energetic boy or young man.
A specialized personal description.
- Lane · entry 41711
سَلْسَلَةٌ
A long piece of a camel's hump.
A noun distinct from the connection and chain senses of the same written form.
- Lane · entry 41713
سِلْسِلَةٌ
A chain of connected metal rings or similar links.
The chain could be stretched across a river or road to stop boats, beasts, or travelers for collection of dues.
- Lane · entry 41714
سِلْسِلَةٌ
An elongated or chain-like formation, especially a stream of lightning or an extended accumulation of sand.
A figurative plural usage describes chain-shaped lightning in clouds or sands accumulated and extended one upon another.
- Lane · entry 41714
سِلْسِلَةٌ
A line or series of lines in a book or piece of writing.
Usually occurring in the plural for lines of text.
- Lane · entry 41714
سِلْسِلَةٌ
Chain-like marks visible on a horse's legs.
A figurative appearance-based description.
- Lane · entry 41714
سِلْسِلَةٌ
A small spotted reptile or lizard with a slender moving tail.
A specialized zoological sense.
- Lane · entry 41714
سَالٌّ
One who draws or pulls something out or forth.
An active participle of سَلَّ; the same form can also be used for a thief.
- Lane · entry 41719
سَالٌّ
A thief, especially one who steals covertly or secretly.
A substantivized active-participial usage.
- Lane · entry 41719
إِسْلَالٌ
A bribe, or the giving or receiving of a bribe.
A noun used in the reported expression contrasting bribery or theft with treachery.
- Lane · entry 41721
إِسْلَالٌ
Theft.
An alternative interpretation of the same established noun in the reported expression; distinct from the open-raid sense.
- Lane · entry 41721
مَسَلّ
Something slender and drawn out, especially a green palm-stick or sword used as an image for a slender sleeping-place.
Occurs in a fixed descriptive expression and is explained as an infinitive used in the sense of a passive participle.
- Lane · entry 41722
مِسَلَّةٌ
A large or packing needle.
The plural is مَسَالُّ.
- Lane · entry 41723
مُسَلِّلٌ
Subtle or crafty in the machinations of theft.
A specialized active-participial description of a stealthy thief.
- Lane · entry 41724
مَسْلُولٌ
A man whose testicles have been extracted.
An elliptical anatomical use of the passive participle.
- Lane · entry 41725
مَسْلُولٌ
Affected by the disease called سِلّ.
A passive participle associated with the disease sense of the root.
- Lane · entry 41725
مَسْلُولَةٌ
A sheep or goat whose powers or strength are of long continuance.
A specialized animal description recorded under the related passive-participial form.
- Lane · entry 41725
مُسَلْسَلٌ
Having its parts or portions connected one with another; hence chained or bound with a chain.
The connected-parts and physically chained senses belong to the same participial branch.
- Lane · entry 41726
مُسَلْسَلٌ
Lightning forming chain-like shapes in its upper portions.
A figurative appearance-based usage, sometimes associated with rain that follows reliably.
- Lane · entry 41726
مُسَلْسَلٌ
Hair that is rippled, crisp, curly, twisted, or contracted.
The description compares the hair's succession of waves with chain-like running water.
- Lane · entry 41726
مُسَلْسَلٌ
A sword bearing varied wavy marks, streaks, or grain like a chain.
A figurative participial description of the sword's surface.
- Lane · entry 41726
مُسَلْسَلٌ
A garment marked with stripes or lines, or woven badly and thinly.
The participle describes either a striped pattern or thin, poor weaving.
- Lane · entry 41726
مُسَلْسَلٌ
A report transmitted through an uninterrupted chain of narrators linked by a repeated meeting or formula.
A technical hadith term derived from the idea of continuous connection.
- Lane · entry 41726
مُتَسَلْسِلٌ
A garment worn until it has become thin.
A specialized participial usage describing progressive wear.
- Lane · entry 41727
Cautions
Points that affect how this root should be read.
The Classical evidence is indexed under Lane's contracted geminate root سل; many listed derivatives are broader Classical Arabic evidence and are not Quran-attested forms.
The Quranic سُلَالَةٌ passage is explicitly explained both as an extract or selected essence and, in one interpretation, as a reproductive extract; these are kept as distinct but related senses.
The Lane Quran reference attached to سُلَالَةٌ is reported as a classical citation and is not used as an independently generated modern verse location beyond the QAC-supplied occurrences.