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بلاخ

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to concepts of fullness, abundance, and perhaps fertility. It describes something being full to overflowing, and also a man who is fertile or abundant in his resources.

Derived headwords

دَلَخَverb
  1. 1.
    to be full, overflowclassical

    To be full to the point of overflowing, especially referring to a container.

دَلْخnoun
  1. 1.
    fullness, overflowingclassical

    The state of being full to the point of overflowing, as a masdar of the verb دلخ.

الدَّالِخadjective
  1. 1.
    fertile, abundantclassical

    Describing a man who is fertile or abundant in his resources and provisions.

دَالِخُونnoun
  1. 1.
    fertile menclassical

    Plural form of الدالخ, referring to men who are fertile or abundant.

دِلاخnoun
  1. 1.
    hindquartersclassical

    Referring to the hindquarters of an animal, or the rear part of something.

  2. 2.
    fullnessclassical

    Can also refer to fullness or abundance.

Parallel reading

ذوات أعجاز
Possessors of hindquarters.
ودلاخ للواحدة والجمع
And 'dilakh' is used for the singular and the plural.
والدالخ: المخصب من الرجال
And 'al-dalikh': the fertile one among men.
وقوم دالخون
And a people, fertile men.
ودلخ الإناء دلخا إذا امتلأ حتى يفيض
And the vessel overflowed with a filling until it spilled over.
هذه وحدها عن كراع
This is solely from Kara'.