"سالفة" meaning in All languages combined

See سالفة on Wiktionary

Noun [Gulf Arabic]

IPA: /saːl.fə/ Forms: sālfa [romanization], سُوالِف [plural]
Etymology: From Arabic سَالِفَة (sālifa, “preceding, previous”). Etymology templates: {{inh|afb|ar|سالف|سَالِفَة|t=preceding, previous}} Arabic سَالِفَة (sālifa, “preceding, previous”) Head templates: {{afb-noun|g=f|pl=سُوالِف|pltr=suwālif|tr=sālfa}} سالفة • (sālfa) f (plural سُوالِف (suwālif))
  1. a conversation, talk
    Sense id: en-سالفة-afb-noun-9GDtIXbN
  2. a story, narrative, account, tale
    Sense id: en-سالفة-afb-noun-K9Ou9Bku Categories (other): Gulf Arabic entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Gulf Arabic entries with incorrect language header: 26 74 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 28 72 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 13 87
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: شالسالفة (šis-sālfa) (english: what's happening, what's going on)
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "what's happening, what's going on",
      "roman": "šis-sālfa",
      "word": "شالسالفة"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "afb",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "سالف",
        "4": "سَالِفَة",
        "t": "preceding, previous"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic سَالِفَة (sālifa, “preceding, previous”)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Arabic سَالِفَة (sālifa, “preceding, previous”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sālfa",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "سُوالِف",
      "roman": "suwālif",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "f",
        "pl": "سُوالِف",
        "pltr": "suwālif",
        "tr": "sālfa"
      },
      "expansion": "سالفة • (sālfa) f (plural سُوالِف (suwālif))",
      "name": "afb-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Gulf Arabic",
  "lang_code": "afb",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a conversation, talk"
      ],
      "id": "en-سالفة-afb-noun-9GDtIXbN",
      "links": [
        [
          "conversation",
          "conversation"
        ],
        [
          "talk",
          "talk"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "26 74",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Gulf Arabic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "28 72",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "13 87",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a story, narrative, account, tale"
      ],
      "id": "en-سالفة-afb-noun-K9Ou9Bku",
      "links": [
        [
          "story",
          "story"
        ],
        [
          "narrative",
          "narrative"
        ],
        [
          "account",
          "account"
        ],
        [
          "tale",
          "tale"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/saːl.fə/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "سالفة"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Gulf Arabic entries with incorrect language header",
    "Gulf Arabic feminine nouns",
    "Gulf Arabic lemmas",
    "Gulf Arabic nouns",
    "Gulf Arabic terms derived from Arabic",
    "Gulf Arabic terms inherited from Arabic",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "what's happening, what's going on",
      "roman": "šis-sālfa",
      "word": "شالسالفة"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "afb",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "سالف",
        "4": "سَالِفَة",
        "t": "preceding, previous"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic سَالِفَة (sālifa, “preceding, previous”)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Arabic سَالِفَة (sālifa, “preceding, previous”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sālfa",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "سُوالِف",
      "roman": "suwālif",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "f",
        "pl": "سُوالِف",
        "pltr": "suwālif",
        "tr": "sālfa"
      },
      "expansion": "سالفة • (sālfa) f (plural سُوالِف (suwālif))",
      "name": "afb-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Gulf Arabic",
  "lang_code": "afb",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a conversation, talk"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "conversation",
          "conversation"
        ],
        [
          "talk",
          "talk"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a story, narrative, account, tale"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "story",
          "story"
        ],
        [
          "narrative",
          "narrative"
        ],
        [
          "account",
          "account"
        ],
        [
          "tale",
          "tale"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/saːl.fə/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "سالفة"
}

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