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Arabic dictionary

Dictionary Habib Anthony Salmone, An Advanced Learner's Arabic-English Dictionary (1889)

Entry سلط

سَلِطَ(n. ac. سَلَط) سَلُطَ(n. ac. سَلَاْطَة) a. Was hard, unyielding; was despotic, imperious domineering; was absolute, supreme. b. Was a ready speaker, was fluent; was glib of tongue; was sarcastic, caustic; was clamorous, long-tongued. سَلَّطَa. [acc. & 'Ala], Rendered master of; gave the mastery over. تَسَلَّطَ a. [Ala], Overcame, prevailed over; mastered, subdued; became master of. سَلْطa. Hard, strong; unyielding, unbending. b. Sharp; sharptongued, clamorous; sarcastic, caustic biting. سَلْطَة a. [ coll. ], Jacket, jerkin. سِلْطَة (pl. سِلَط سِلَاْط) a. Long slender arrow. b. Pàlliasse. سُلْطَةa. Power, rule, dominion, empire; sovereignty. سَلِيْطa. Fluent; glib. b. see 1 (a) (b). c. (pl. سِلْطَاْن), Oil. سَلِيْطَةa. Shrilltongued, clamorous, shrewish; shrew. سُلْطَاْنa. see 3tb. Sultan, sovereign. سُلْطَاْنِيّa. Imperial, royal, kingly.