# سلك
## Arabic
### Etymology 1
#### Verb

سَلَكَ • (salaka) I (non-past يَسْلُكُ (yasluku), verbal noun سَلْك (salk) or سُلُوك (sulūk))
* to follow a road, to wend, to travel along
* to enter upon a course
* to behave, to comport oneself
* to proceed, to act
* to set foot, to enter

##### Conjugation
#### Verb

سَلَكَ • (salaka) I (non-past يَسْلُكُ (yasluku), verbal noun سَلْك (salk))
* to insert
* to pass (through the eye of a needle), to thread

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 2
#### Verb

سَلَّكَ • (sallaka) II (non-past يُسَلِّكُ (yusalliku), verbal noun تَسْلِيك (taslīk))
* to clean, to clear
* to unreel, to unwind, reel off (thread or silk)
* to wind (thread) upon a reel or skein
* to cover with wire, to wind by strings
** p. 1897, a. 1917, “Gifts worthy of kings: An episode in Dār Fūr-Taqalī relations”, in Lidwien Kapteijns and Jay Spaulding, editors, Sudanic Africa‎, volume 1, published 1990, pages 61–70:١ تركاس داخله سبعه حراب طبايق مسلكين بفضه ٢ كواكب مسلكين بفضه1 quiver wherein there are seven short throwing spears wired with silver 2 spears of wide and jagged blade wired with silver
* to clarify, to unravel, to disentangle
* to put money into currency
* to introduce a custom

##### References

* Lane, Edward William (1863) “سلك”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎, London: Williams & Norgate
* Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “سلك”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen
* Wehr, Hans (1979) “سلك”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* silk:(file)

#### Noun

سِلْك • (silk) m (plural اَسْلَاك (aslāk))
* thread
* string (also of a musical instrument)
* line
* wire
* rail
* organization, body, profession, corps, cadre

##### Descendants

* → Turkish: silk

### Etymology 4
#### Noun

سَلْك • (salk) m
* verbal noun of سَلَكَ (salaka) (form I)

##### Declension
## Hijazi Arabic
### Etymology 1

From Arabic سَلَكَ (salaka).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sa.lak/

#### Verb

سَلَك • (salak) I (non-past يِسْلُك (yisluk))
* to proceed, to pass by

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 2

From Arabic سَلَّكَ (sallaka).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sal.lak/

#### Verb

سَلَّك • (sallak) II (non-past يِسَلِّك (yisallik))
* to clean, to clear, to unclog
* (figurative, by extension) to ignore
* to cover with wire, to wind by string

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 3

From Arabic سِلْك (silk).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /silk/, [sɪlk]

#### Noun

سِلك • (silk) m (plural أَسْلَاك (ʔaslāk))
* wire, line
* thread, string

## Moroccan Arabic
### Etymology 1

From Arabic سِلْك (silk).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /salk/
* Audio:(file)

#### Noun

سلك • (salk) m (plural سلوكة (slūka) or سلوك (slūk))
* wire

### Etymology 2

From Arabic سَلَّكَ (sallaka).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sal.lak/

#### Verb

سلك • (sallak) II (non-past يسلك (ysallak), verbal noun تسلاك (taslāk) or تسليك (taslīk), active participle مسلك (msallak)) (transitive)
* to save, to rescue
** c. 1742-1850, الشيخ عبد القادر العلمي, “غيتنا يا خير هادي”, in ديوان الشيخ عبد القادر العلمي (موسوعة الملحون), الرباط: أكاديمية المملكة المغربية, published 2009, →ISBN, →OCLC:يا نور شعاع تمادي سلكني من شر العدا ومن كيد الحسودyā nūr šʕāʕ tmādi sallakni min šarr le-ʕdā w-min kīd le-ḥsūd(please add an English translation of this quotation)
* to ignore, to let (something) pass, to let (something) slide

##### Conjugation
## South Levantine Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic سَلَكَ (salaka).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sa.lak/, [ˈsa.lak]
* Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

### Verb

سلك • (salak) I (present بسلك (boslok))
* to go smoothly
* to get used to (+ على)
    Synonym: تعوّد (tʕawwad)