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سلطح

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concepts of being wide, broad, and extended, both in terms of physical dimensions and spatial extent. It also encompasses the idea of lying down flat, particularly on one's back or face.

Derived headwords

الاسلنطاحnoun
  1. 1.
    extension, expanseboth

    The state of being long and wide; length and breadth.

اسلنطحverb
  1. 1.
    to lie flatclassical

    To fall or lie upon one's back, similar to 'asḥanṭara'.

  2. 2.
    to lie face downclassical

    To fall or lie upon one's face, similar to 'asḥanṭara'.

  3. 3.
    to extend, widenboth

    To become long and wide; to spread out.

واسـلـنـطـح الـوادى: اتسع — The valley became wide and extended.
واسـلـنـطـح الـشـيء: طـال وعـرض — The thing became long and wide.
سلطحةadjective
  1. 1.
    wide, broadclassical

    Describing a female as wide or broad.

وجـاريـة سـلـطـحـة: عـريـضـة — And a broad-faced/wide girl.
السلاطحadjective
  1. 1.
    wide, broadclassical

    Describing something as wide or broad.

والـسـلاطـح: الـعـريـض — And the broad one.
سلاطحnoun
  1. 1.
    breadth, widthclassical

    The original form related to width and breadth, with the 'n' in 'aslanṭaḥa' considered an addition.

سلاطحnoun
  1. 1.
    wide expanseclassical

    A wide and open space.

السلنطحnoun
  1. 1.
    wide open spaceclassical

    A vast, open area.

مسلنطحadjective
  1. 1.
    spread out, lying flatclassical

    A person who is spread out or lying flat.

ورجـل مـسـلـنـطـح إذا انـبـسـط — And a man is 'muslanṭiḥ' if he is spread out.
السلوطحname
  1. 1.
    a place nameclassical

    A specific location in the Jazira region, mentioned in the poetry of Jarir.

Parallel reading

الاسلنطاح: الطول والعرض
Al-islinṭāḥ: length and breadth.
يقال: قد اسلنطح
It is said: he has become extended/spread out.
أنت ابن مسلنطح البطاح، ولم ... تعطف عليك الحني والولج
You are the son of the one spread out in the lowlands, and neither bending nor entering turned towards you.
الأصل السلاطح، والنون زائدة.
The origin is 'al-salāṭiḥ', and the 'n' is extra.
وجارية سلطحة: عريضة
And a broad-faced/wide girl.
والسلاطح: العريض
And the broad one.
سلاطح يناطح الأباطحا
A broad one confronting the vast plains.
والسلنطح: الفضاء الواسع
And al-silinṭiḥ: the wide open space.
واسـلـنـطـح: وقـع عـلـى ظـهـره كـاسـحـنـطـر
And 'aslanṭaḥa': he fell on his back like 'asḥanṭara'.
ورجل مسلنطح إذا انبسط
And a man is 'muslanṭiḥ' if he is spread out.
واسـلـنـطـح الـوادى: اتسع
The valley became wide and extended.
واسـلـنـطـح الـشـيء: طـال وعـرض
The thing became long and wide.
واسـلـنـطـح: وقـع عـلـى وجـهـه كـاسـحـنـطـر
And 'aslanṭaḥa': he fell on his face like 'asḥanṭara'.
والسلوطح: موضع بالجزيرة موجود في شعر جرير مفسرا عن السكري
And al-sulūṭiḥ: a place in the Jazira, found in the poetry of Jarir, explained by al-Sukkarī.
جر الخليفة بالجنود وأنتم، ... بين السلوطح والفرات، فلول
The Caliph marched with the troops, and you were... between al-Sulūṭiḥ and the Euphrates, remnants.