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زلح

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of falsehood, emptiness, and flatness. It also extends to meanings of feeding or providing sustenance, and describes objects or places that are wide, shallow, or un-deep.

Derived headwords

الزَّلْحnoun
  1. 1.
    falsehoodclassical

    That which is untrue, baseless, or invalid.

  2. 2.
    emptinessclassical

    A state of being void or hollow.

زلحverb
  1. 1.
    to feedboth

    To provide food or sustenance to someone or something.

  2. 2.
    to giveclassical

    To offer or bestow something.

زلح الشيء يزلحه زلحا — He fed the thing
تَزَلَّحَverb
  1. 1.
    to feedboth

    To provide food or sustenance to someone or something.

وتزلحه: تطعمه — and he fed it, meaning he gave it food
خُبْزَةٌ زَحْلَحَةٌadjective
  1. 1.
    flat breadclassical

    A type of bread that is flat and wide.

وخبزة زلحلحة — and a flat loaf of bread
زَلْحَلْحَةnoun
  1. 1.
    wide dishclassical

    A wide, shallow dish or bowl, often without a deep bottom.

  2. 2.
    shallow basinclassical

    A basin or dish that is close to the bottom, not deep.

زَلْحَلَحَاتnoun
  1. 1.
    wide dishesclassical

    Plural of 'zalhalhah', referring to wide, shallow dishes or bowls.

وَادٍ زَلْحَلَحadjective
  1. 1.
    shallow valleyclassical

    A valley that is not deep.

وواد زلحلح — and a shallow valley
الزَّلْحnoun
  1. 1.
    large plattersclassical

    Large platters or dishes.

Parallel reading

الزلح: الباطل.
Al-zulh: falsehood.
وزلح الشيء يزلحه زلحا، وتزلحه: تطعمه.
And he fed the thing, zalaḥa, and he fed it, meaning he gave it food.
وخبزة زلحلحة، كذلك «1».
And a flat loaf of bread, likewise.
والزلح: من قولك قصعة زلحلحة أي منبسطة لا قعر لها، وقيل: قريبة القعر؛
And al-zulh: from your saying a zalhalhah dish, meaning wide and without a bottom, and it was said: close to the bottom;
ثمت جاؤوا بقصاع ملس، ... زلحلحات ظاهرات اليبس، أخذن في السوق بفلس فلس
Then they brought smooth dishes... wide, dry dishes, which were bought in the market for a penny each.
وهي كلمة على فعلل، أصله ثلاثي ألحق ببناء الخماسي.
And it is a word on the pattern 'fa'lal', its origin is triliteral, attached to the quadriliteral structure.
والزلح الصحاف الكبار، حذف الزيادة في جمعها.
And al-zulh are the large platters, the extra letters removed in their plural.
وواد زلحلح: غير عميق.
And a zalhalḥ valley: not deep.
الزلنقع: السيء الخلق.
Al-zanqaq: ill-mannered.