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سالف

Root: سلف

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سالف sālif pl. سلف salaf, سلاف sullāf, سوالف sawālif, preceding, foregoing, former, previous, bygone, past; predecessor; سالفا sālifan formerly, previously; above (as a reference in books, etc.) │ سوالف الأحداث former, or past, events; سالف الذكر s. ad-dikr aforementioned; سالف العروس s. al-‘arūs amaranth (bot.); في سالف الزمان fī s. iz-zamān in former times, in the old days

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