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سَلا
to get over someone or something; to forget one's grief or a lost love /saˈlaː/
verbB2#3892 most common
Also: to console oneself, to become free of sorrow, to cease loving or grieving
Example sentences
سَلَوْتُ عَنْ حُزْني.
I got over my sadness.
هَلْ سَلَوْتَ عَنْها بَعْدَ كُلِّ هٰذِهِ السَّنَوات؟
Have you gotten over her after all these years?
لَمْ يَسْلُ الأَبُ فِراقَ ابْنِهِ رَغْمَ مُرورِ الوَقْتِ.
The father never got over being apart from his son, despite the passage of time.
سَلا الشّاعِرُ حُبَّهُ القَديمَ وَكَتَبَ قَصائِدَ جَديدَةً.
The poet got over his old love and wrote new poems.
مَهْما حاوَلْتُ، لَنْ أَسْلُوَ ذِكْرى تِلْكَ الأَيّامِ.
However hard I try, I will never forget the memory of those days.
سَلَتِ الأُمَّةُ أَحْزانَها القَديمَةَ حينَ اجْتَمَعَتْ كَلِمَتُها مِن جَديد.
The nation got over its old sorrows when it found unity again.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أَسْلُو | سَلَوْتُ | سَأَسْلُو |
| 2sg | تَسْلُو | سَلَوْتَ | سَتَسْلُو |
| 3sg | يَسْلُو | سَلا | سَيَسْلُو |
| 1pl | نَسْلُو | سَلَوْنا | سَنَسْلُو |
| 2pl | تَسْلُونَ | سَلَوْتُمْ | سَتَسْلُونَ |
| 3pl | يَسْلُونَ | سَلَوْا | سَيَسْلُونَ |
Word family
سُلُوّthe act of forgetting grief; consolation
سَلْوَىcomfort, consolation
سَلَّىto entertain or console someone
تَسَلَّىto be entertained, to take one's mind off something
مُسَلٍّentertaining, distracting from worry
Etymology
سَلا comes from the Semitic triliteral root س-ل-و, tied to the idea of easing a burden of grief and being freed from it. Classical Arabic dictionaries define it as forgetting sorrow or a lost love through the passage of time or distraction. The verb is a favorite of classical love poetry, where a lover either resists or eventually succumbs to سُلُوّ, the state of having moved on.
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