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سِلَاح

weapon

Noun · masculineRoot س-ل-ح

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Plural
أَسْلِحَة

Most common words from the same root

Adjective
armed
Noun
تَسْلِيح
armament
Verb · Form II
سَلَّحَ
to arm

سِلَاح in English

Noun · masculine

  1. weapon, arm
  2. branch of the armed forces
  3. armor
  4. steel claw
  5. plowshare

Word origin

Cognate with Biblical Hebrew שֶׁלַח (šɛlaḥ, “dagger, short sword”).

Words from the root س-ل-ح

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سَلَحَ · present يَسْلَحُ

to drop excrements

سَلْح
Verbal noun
excrement
سَالِح
Active participle
مَسْلُوح
Passive participle
سَلَّحَ · present يُسَلِّحُ

to arm; to equip

تَسْلِيح
Verbal noun
armament
مُسَلِّح
Active participle
Passive participle · Adjective
armed
تَسَلَّحَ · present يَتَسَلَّحُ

to arm oneself, to equip oneself

تَسَلُّح
Verbal noun
مُتَسَلِّح
Active participle
مُتَسَلَّح
Passive participle
Noun · m.
weapon
إِسْلِيح
Noun · m.
searocket

سِلَاح: plural and other forms

Singularسِلَاح
Pluralأَسْلِحَة

سِلَاح in a sentence

From a fully vowelled text

وَوَضَعُوا سِلاَحَهُ فِي بَيْتِ آلِهَتِهِمْ، وَسَمَّرُوا رَأْسَهُ فِي بَيْتِ دَاجُونَ.And they put his armour in the house of their gods, and fastened his head in the temple of Dagon.1 Chronicles 10:10, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
وَوَضَعُوا سِلاَحَهُ فِي بَيْتِ عَشْتَارُوثَ، وَسَمَّرُوا جَسَدَهُ عَلَى سُورِ بَيْتِ شَانَ.And they put his armour in the house of Ashtaroth: and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth-shan.1 Samuel 31:10, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
فَمَاتَ شَاوُلُ وَبَنُوهُ الثَّلاَثَةُ وَحَامِلُ سِلاَحِهِ وَجَمِيعُ رِجَالِهِ فِي ذلِكَ الْيَوْمِ مَعًا.So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armourbearer, and all his men, that same day together.1 Samuel 31:6, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV

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