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سِلاح
weapon /siˈlaːħ/
nounA1#304 most common
Also: arms, armament, (military) corps or branch, as in سلاح الجو, the air force
Example sentences
هٰذا سِلاح.
This is a weapon.
عِنده سِلاح قَديم.
He has an old weapon.
يُمنَع حَمل السِّلاح داخِل المَدرَسة.
Carrying a weapon inside the school is forbidden.
سَلَّمَ الجُنود أَسلِحَتَهم بَعد نِهاية الحَرب.
The soldiers handed over their weapons after the war ended.
يُعَدّ التَّعليم أَقوى سِلاح في مُواجَهة الجَهل والفَقر.
Education is regarded as the strongest weapon against ignorance and poverty.
تَسعى الدُّول الكُبرى إلى الحَدّ مِن انتِشار أَسلِحة الدَّمار الشامِل.
The major powers seek to curb the spread of weapons of mass destruction.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | سِلاحٌ | أَسْلِحةٌ |
| Genitive | سِلاحٍ | أَسْلِحةٍ |
| Accusative | سِلاحاً | أَسْلِحةً |
| Vocative | يا سِلاحُ | يا أَسْلِحةُ |
Word family
أَسْلِحةweapons (plural)
سَلَّحَto arm, to equip with weapons
مُسَلَّحarmed
تَسَلُّحarmament, the building up of arms
نَزْع السِّلاحdisarmament
Etymology
سِلاح is the standard Arabic word for a weapon. It comes from the Semitic root s-l-ḥ, linked to arms and the gear of fighting. The Hebrew noun שֶׁלַח (shelaḥ), meaning a missile or dart, derives from the same root. The broken plural أَسْلِحة covers weapons of every kind, from blades to missiles.
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