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سَلَّة
basket /ˈsal.la/
nounB1#1678 most common
Also: basket (in basketball), hamper
Example sentences
هَذِهِ سَلَّةٌ.
This is a basket.
عِنْدِي سَلَّةٌ كَبِيرَةٌ.
I have a big basket.
وَضَعْتُ الفَاكِهَةَ فِي السَّلَّةِ.
I put the fruit in the basket.
اِشْتَرَتْ أُمِّي سَلَّةً مِنَ القَشِّ مِنَ السُّوقِ.
My mother bought a straw basket from the market.
سَجَّلَ اللَّاعِبُ سَلَّةً ثَلَاثِيَّةً فِي الدَّقِيقَةِ الأَخِيرَةِ.
The player scored a three-point basket in the last minute.
اِمْتَلَأَتْ سَلَّةُ المُهْمَلَاتِ بِالأَوْرَاقِ الَّتِي مَزَّقَهَا قَبْلَ أَنْ يُغَادِرَ مَكْتَبَهُ.
The wastebasket filled with the papers he tore up before leaving his office.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | سَلَّةٌ | سِلَالٌ |
| Genitive | سَلَّةٍ | سِلَالٍ |
| Accusative | سَلَّةً | سِلَالاً |
| Vocative | يَا سَلَّةُ | يَا سِلَالُ |
Word family
سِلَالbaskets (plural)
كُرَة السَّلَّةbasketball
سَلَّة المُهْمَلَاتwastebasket
سَلَّto pull out, to draw
Etymology
سَلَّة comes from the Semitic root س-ل-ل, tied to the idea of drawing or pulling out. The connection to a basket is the woven container from which goods are taken. The word is native Arabic and has no Indo-European origin.
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