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سِلْسِلَة
chain /ˈsil.si.la/
nounB1#1564 most common
Also: series, sequence, string (of events)
Example sentences
هَذِهِ سِلْسِلَة.
This is a chain.
اِشْتَرَيْتُ سِلْسِلَةً ذَهَبِيَّة.
I bought a gold chain.
أُحِبُّ مُشَاهَدَةَ هَذِهِ السِّلْسِلَةِ التِّلِفِزْيُونِيَّة.
I like watching this television series.
رَبَطَ الْكَلْبَ بِسِلْسِلَةٍ حَدِيدِيَّةٍ قَوِيَّة.
He tied the dog with a strong iron chain.
أَثَارَتْ سِلْسِلَةُ الْأَحْدَاثِ الْأَخِيرَةِ قَلَقَ الْمُوَاطِنِين.
The series of recent events stirred the worry of the citizens.
تُشَكِّلُ هَذِهِ الْاِكْتِشَافَاتُ سِلْسِلَةً مُتَرَابِطَةً مِنَ الْأَدِلَّةِ الَّتِي يَصْعُبُ دَحْضُهَا.
These discoveries form an interconnected chain of evidence that is hard to refute.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | سِلْسِلَةٌ | سَلَاسِلُ |
| Genitive | سِلْسِلَةٍ | سَلَاسِلَ |
| Accusative | سِلْسِلَةً | سَلَاسِلَ |
| Vocative | يَا سِلْسِلَةُ | يَا سَلَاسِلُ |
Word family
سَلْسَلَto chain, to link together
مُسَلْسَلtelevision serial, seriesتَسَلْسُلsequence, chronological order
سَلَاسِلchains (plural)
Etymology
The word derives from the quadriliteral root s-l-s-l, formed by reduplicating the biliteral element s-l. That element carries the sense of smoothness and easy flow, seen in the verb salisa, to be smooth or fluid. A chain is a run of linked rings, so the reduplicated root captures the idea of one part repeating after another.
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