مسلك

مسلك

See also: مسلک‎

Arabic

Etymology

Noun of place from the verb سَلَكَ‎ (salaka, “to walk, to behave”), from the root س ل ك‎ (s-l-k).

Noun

مَسْلَك • (maslak) m (plural مَسَالِك‎ (masālik))

1. road, path
2. institution
3. rule of conduct, prescript
4. manner, ways, method
5. row, line, furrow

Declension

Declension of noun مَسْلَك (maslak)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَسْلَك maslak	الْمَسْلَك‎ al-maslak	مَسْلَك maslak
Nominative	مَسْلَكٌ maslakun	الْمَسْلَكُ‎ al-maslaku	مَسْلَكُ maslaku
Accusative	مَسْلَكًا‎ maslakan	الْمَسْلَكَ‎ al-maslaka	مَسْلَكَ maslaka
Genitive	مَسْلَكٍ maslakin	الْمَسْلَكِ‎ al-maslaki	مَسْلَكِ maslaki
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَسْلَكَيْن‎ maslakayn	الْمَسْلَكَيْن‎ al-maslakayn	مَسْلَكَيْ‎ maslakay
Nominative	مَسْلَكَانِ‎ maslakāni	الْمَسْلَكَانِ‎ al-maslakāni	مَسْلَكَا‎ maslakā
Accusative	مَسْلَكَيْنِ‎ maslakayni	الْمَسْلَكَيْنِ‎ al-maslakayni	مَسْلَكَيْ‎ maslakay
Genitive	مَسْلَكَيْنِ‎ maslakayni	الْمَسْلَكَيْنِ‎ al-maslakayni	مَسْلَكَيْ‎ maslakay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَسَالِك‎ masālik	الْمَسَالِك‎ al-masālik	مَسَالِك‎ masālik
Nominative	مَسَالِكُ‎ masāliku	الْمَسَالِكُ‎ al-masāliku	مَسَالِكُ‎ masāliku
Accusative	مَسَالِكَ‎ masālika	الْمَسَالِكَ‎ al-masālika	مَسَالِكَ‎ masālika
Genitive	مَسَالِكَ‎ masālika	الْمَسَالِكِ‎ al-masāliki	مَسَالِكِ‎ masāliki

Synonyms

• (path, road): سَبِيل‎ (sabīl)
• (path, road): طَرِيق‎ (ṭarīq)
• (path): شِعْب‎ (šiʿb)

Descendants

• Azerbaijani: məslək
• Northern Kurdish: meslek
• Persian: مسلک‎
• Turkish: meslek
• Uzbek: maslak

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “مسلك”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen