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سِلْسِلَة

iron chain

Noun · feminineRoot س-ل-س-ل

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Plural
سَلَاسِل

Most common words from the same root

Noun
مُسَلْسَل
series
Adjective
مُسَلْسَل
striped
Verb · Form Iq
سَلْسَلَ
to enchain
Adjective
مُتَسَلْسِل
in continuous link like a chain
Verb · Form IIq
تَسَلْسَلَ
to be successive

سِلْسِلَة in English

Noun · feminine

  1. iron chain
  2. chain figurative
  3. a kind of rope or cord obsolete
  4. series

Word origin

Borrowed from Aramaic שִׁלְשֶׁלְתָּא (šilšeltā, “chain”), from Akkadian 𒉠𒂡𒂡 (/⁠šeršerratu⁠/, “chains”), likely onomatopoeic of rattling chains; cognates with (Hebrew שַׁרְשֶׁרֶת (sharshéret), Classical Syriac ܫܝܫܠܬܐ (šēšaltā), Amharic ሰንሰለት (sänsälät), Old Armenian շղթայ (šłtʻay), Sumerian 𒋢𒂡𒂡 (/⁠šeršer⁠/, “chains”) likely derived from the common Semitic.

Words from the root س-ل-س-ل

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سَلْسَلَ · present يُسَلْسِلُ
Form Iq

to enchain, to link together, to concatenate, to unite; to chain up, to fetter, to shackle; to trace one's linage

سَلْسَلَة
Verbal noun
مُسَلْسِل
Active participle
مُسَلْسَل
Passive participle
series
مُسَلْسَل
Passive participle · Adjective
striped
تَسَلْسَلَ · present يَتَسَلْسَلُ
Form IIq

to be successive, to form a chain or series; to flow down, to trickle (in a continuous stream); to drip, to dribble, to fall in drops (of water)

تَسَلْسُل
Verbal noun
مُتَسَلْسِل
Active participle · Adjective
in continuous link like a chain
مُتَسَلْسَل
Passive participle
سِلْسِلَة
Noun · f.
iron chain
سَلْسَل
Noun · m.
cool

سِلْسِلَة: plural and other forms

Singularسِلْسِلَة
Pluralسَلَاسِل

سِلْسِلَة in a sentence

From a fully vowelled text

كَانَ مَسْكَنُهُ فِي الْقُبُورِ، وَلَمْ يَقْدِرْ أَحَدٌ أَنْ يَرْبِطَهُ وَلاَ بِسَلاَسِلَ،Who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no man could bind him, no, not with chains:Mark 5:3, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
وَأَعْمَى عَيْنَيْ صِدْقِيَّا، وَقَيَّدَهُ بِسَلاَسِلِ نُحَاسٍ لِيَأْتِيَ بِهِ إِلَى بَابِلَ.Moreover he put out Zedekiah's eyes, and bound him with chains, to carry him to Babylon.Jeremiah 39:7, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
عَلَيْهِ صَعِدَ نَبُوخَذْنَاصَّرُ مَلِكُ بَابِلَ وَقَيَّدَهُ بِسَلاَسِلِ نُحَاسٍ لِيَذْهَبَ بِهِ إِلَى بَابِلَ،Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon.2 Chronicles 36:6, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV

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