سلك
s-l-k
Lexical Summary
Definitions (1)
Meanings associated with the root سلك across classical and Qur'anic Arabic.
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The root سلك (slk) means to travel, go along, or enter a path or place. It also means to insert or cause something to enter into another, like threading a needle or water entering springs.Lane's Lexicon
Pronunciation
Transliteration:
s-l-k
Listen:
سَلَكَكُمْ
74:42
Root letters:
س — ل — ك
Lane's Lexicon Classical Arabic
* Slender, or lean, (IDrd, K, TA,) in body; applied to a man and to a horse. (IDrd, TA.) And musal~akN Al*~akari Sharp in the head of the penis: and so musamolakN Al*~akari . (AA, TA.)
Word Family Tree (12 forms)
All word forms derived from the root سلك as they appear in the Qur'an, grouped by part of speech. Circle size reflects frequency.
Verb 12×
Concordance — 12 Occurrences
Every place in the Qur'an where the root سلك appears, grouped by grammatical role.
Verb (12)
Verb (12 verses — showing first 5)
كَذَ ٰلِكَ نَسۡلُكُهُۥ فِی قُلُوبِ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِینَ ١٢
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
Thus do We insert denial into the hearts of the criminals
The Bee 16:69
Verb
ثُمَّ كُلِی مِن كُلِّ ٱلثَّمَرَ ٰتِ فَٱسۡلُكِی سُبُلَ رَبِّكِ ذُلُلࣰاۚ یَخۡرُجُ مِنۢ بُطُونِهَا شَرَابࣱ مُّخۡتَلِفٌ أَلۡوَ ٰنُهُۥ فِیهِ شِفَاۤءࣱ لِّلنَّاسِۚ إِنَّ فِی ذَ ٰلِكَ لَءَایَةࣰ لِّقَوۡمࣲ یَتَفَكَّرُونَ ٦٩
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
Then eat from all the fruits and follow the ways of your Lord laid down [for you]." There emerges from their bellies a drink, varying in colors, in which there is healing for people. Indeed in that is a sign for a people who give thought
Ta Ha 20:53
Verb
ٱلَّذِی جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ مَهۡدࣰا وَسَلَكَ لَكُمۡ فِیهَا سُبُلࣰا وَأَنزَلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَاۤءِ مَاۤءࣰ فَأَخۡرَجۡنَا بِهِۦۤ أَزۡوَ ٰجࣰا مِّن نَّبَاتࣲ شَتَّىٰ ٥٣
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
[It is He] who has made for you the earth as a bed [spread out] and inserted therein for you roadways and sent down from the sky, rain and produced thereby categories of various plants
The Believers 23:27
Verb
فَأَوۡحَیۡنَاۤ إِلَیۡهِ أَنِ ٱصۡنَعِ ٱلۡفُلۡكَ بِأَعۡیُنِنَا وَوَحۡیِنَا فَإِذَا جَاۤءَ أَمۡرُنَا وَفَارَ ٱلتَّنُّورُ فَٱسۡلُكۡ فِیهَا مِن كُلࣲّ زَوۡجَیۡنِ ٱثۡنَیۡنِ وَأَهۡلَكَ إِلَّا مَن سَبَقَ عَلَیۡهِ ٱلۡقَوۡلُ مِنۡهُمۡۖ وَلَا تُخَـٰطِبۡنِی فِی ٱلَّذِینَ ظَلَمُوۤا۟ إِنَّهُم مُّغۡرَقُونَ ٢٧
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
So We inspired to him, "Construct the ship under Our observation, and Our inspiration, and when Our command comes and the oven overflows, put into the ship from each [creature] two mates and your family, except those for whom the decree [of destruction] has proceeded. And do not address Me concerning those who have wronged; indeed, they are to be drowned
The Poets 26:200
Verb
كَذَ ٰلِكَ سَلَكۡنَـٰهُ فِی قُلُوبِ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِینَ ٢٠٠
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
Thus have We inserted disbelief into the hearts of the criminals
Derived Forms (12)
Unique word forms derived from this root as they appear across the Qur'an.
| Arabic | Transliteration | POS | Meaning | Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| سَلَكَكُمْ | salakakum | Verb | 1× | |
| يَسْلُكُ | yasluku | Verb | 1× | |
| يَسْلُكْهُ | yaslukhu | Verb | 1× | |
| لِّتَسْلُكُوا۟ | litaslukuwā | Verb | 1× | |
| فَٱسْلُكُوهُ | faslukuwhu | Verb | 1× | |
| فَسَلَكَهُۥ | fasalakahu | Verb | 1× | |
| ٱسْلُكْ | sluk | Verb | 1× | |
| سَلَكْنَٰهُ | salaknahu | Verb | 1× | |
| فَٱسْلُكْ | fasluk | Verb | 1× | |
| وَسَلَكَ | wasalaka | Verb | 1× |