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سِلْك
wire /ˈsilk/
nounB1#2596 most common
Also: cord/strand, corps (professional branch, e.g. diplomatic corps)
Example sentences
هذا سِلْكٌ.
This is a wire.
اشتريت سِلْكاً جديداً للهاتف.
I bought a new wire for the phone.
انقطع السِلْكُ الكهربائي في المطبخ.
The electrical wire in the kitchen got cut.
يعمل والدي في السِلْك الدبلوماسي منذ عشر سنوات.
My father has worked in the diplomatic corps for ten years.
تحتاج الآلة إلى أسلاكٍ نحاسية دقيقة لتعمل بكفاءة.
The machine needs fine copper wires to work efficiently.
يُشبَّه الإحساس بالوحدة أحياناً بسِلْكٍ مشدود يوشك على الانقطاع في أي لحظة.
The feeling of loneliness is sometimes compared to a taut wire about to snap at any moment.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | سِلْكٌ | أَسْلاكٌ |
| Genitive | سِلْكٍ | أَسْلاكٍ |
| Accusative | سِلْكاً | أَسْلاكاً |
| Vocative | يا سِلْكُ | يا أَسْلاكُ |
Word family
سَلَكَto follow a path, to thread through
مَسْلَكpath, way, manner of conduct
سُلوكbehavior, conduct
سِلْكِيّwired (as opposed to wireless)
لاسِلْكِيّwirelessEtymology
سِلْك comes from the Arabic triliteral root س-ل-ك, tied to the verb سَلَكَ, meaning to follow a path or thread something through a narrow space. As a noun it names a thin strand that can be drawn through something, such as a wire or cord. From there it extended to mean an organized professional track, since members of a corps follow the same career path. This is a native Semitic root with no established Indo-European link.
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