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su'luk

su'luk noun: a type of pre-Islamic Arabic vagabond, living outside settled society, and often associated with writing poetry.

Noun

su'luk (plural su'luks or sa'alik)

  1. A type of pre-Islamic Arabic vagabond, living outside settled society, and often associated with writing poetry.
    • Al-Shanfara al-Azdi was one of the most notorious of the sa'alik.2006, Robert Irwin, The Penguin Anthology of Classical Arabic Literature
    • His night journey, “wolf scene,” and description of bedding another man's wife could have come straight out of a su‘luk poem.2013, Gabriel Levin, The Dune's Twisted Edge, page 88

Forms of su'luk

pluralsu'luks
pluralsa'alik

Origin of su'luk

From Arabic صعلوك (“vagabond, brigand”).

Questions about su'luk

What does su'luk mean?
Su'luk means a type of pre-Islamic Arabic vagabond, living outside settled society, and often associated with writing poetry.
What part of speech is su'luk?
Su'luk is a noun.
What is the plural of su'luk?
The plural of su'luk is su'luks.

Words near su'luk in the dictionary

  1. St̓át̓y̓emcets
  2. su
  3. su doku
  4. su filindeu
  5. Su'ao
  6. su'luk
  7. su'luks
  8. Su-Bo
  9. Su-ch'ien
  10. Su-chou
  11. Su-ngai Kolok

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