سليقة

Arabic

Etymology

From the root س ل ق (s-l-q) related to applied transformations (smearing, boiling, scolding …). Compare سَلَقَ (salaqa, “to boil, smear, wound, leave a mark”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.liː.qa/

Noun

سَلِيقَة • (salīqa) f (plural سَلَائِق (salāʔiq))

1. a stew, a brew
2. nature, character, instinct, natural disposition

Declension

Declension of noun سَلِيقَة (salīqa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَلِيقَة salīqa	السَّلِيقَة as-salīqa	سَلِيقَة salīqat
Nominative	سَلِيقَةٌ salīqatun	السَّلِيقَةُ as-salīqatu	سَلِيقَةُ salīqatu
Accusative	سَلِيقَةً salīqatan	السَّلِيقَةَ as-salīqata	سَلِيقَةَ salīqata
Genitive	سَلِيقَةٍ salīqatin	السَّلِيقَةِ as-salīqati	سَلِيقَةِ salīqati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَلِيقَتَيْن salīqatayn	السَّلِيقَتَيْن as-salīqatayn	سَلِيقَتَيْ salīqatay
Nominative	سَلِيقَتَانِ salīqatāni	السَّلِيقَتَانِ as-salīqatāni	سَلِيقَتَا salīqatā
Accusative	سَلِيقَتَيْنِ salīqatayni	السَّلِيقَتَيْنِ as-salīqatayni	سَلِيقَتَيْ salīqatay
Genitive	سَلِيقَتَيْنِ salīqatayni	السَّلِيقَتَيْنِ as-salīqatayni	سَلِيقَتَيْ salīqatay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَلَائِق salāʔiq	السَّلَائِق as-salāʔiq	سَلَائِق salāʔiq
Nominative	سَلَائِقُ salāʔiqu	السَّلَائِقُ as-salāʔiqu	سَلَائِقُ salāʔiqu
Accusative	سَلَائِقَ salāʔiqa	السَّلَائِقَ as-salāʔiqa	سَلَائِقَ salāʔiqa
Genitive	سَلَائِقَ salāʔiqa	السَّلَائِقِ as-salāʔiqi	سَلَائِقِ salāʔiqi

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: səliqə
• → Lishana Deni: סליקא (saliqa, “tune of prayer”)
• → Persian: سلیقه (saliqe, “taste”)
  • → Hindi: सलीक़ा (salīqā)
• → Ottoman Turkish: سلیقه (selîka)
• → Swahili: silika

References

• Corriente, Federico (2005) “سليقة”, in Diccionario avanzado árabe‎^[1] (in Spanish), 2nd edition, Barcelona: Herder, page 550