deriv►tasallaba, vb. V, to be in mourning: Dt-stem, self-ref. ►silāb, pl. sulub, black clothing, mourning (worn by women) For other meanings attached to the root, cf. ↗salaba, ↗salbī, ↗²salab, ↗EgAr ³salab, and ↗ʔuslūb, as well as, for the overall picture, root entry ↗√SLB.