سملخ

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root appears to describe things that are bland, tasteless, or insipid, particularly in the context of food and drink. It also extends to describe the soft, pulpy, or waxy material found within certain plant stems or earwax.

Derived headwords

السَّمَالِخِيّadjective

1.
tastelessboth
Describing food or milk that lacks flavor or is bland.

السَّمَالِخِيّnoun

1.
bland milkclassical
Milk that has been left in a waterskin until it becomes thick and has a taste similar to churned milk, but is bland.

سَمْلُوخnoun

1.
soft pithclassical
The soft, pulpy material that is extracted from the young shoots or stems of a plant.

صَمْلُوخnoun

1.
earwaxclassical
The wax or secretion found in the ear, along with its scaly remnants.

سَمَالِيخnoun

1.
soft pithclassical
The soft, pulpy material that is extracted from the young shoots or stems of a plant, similar to 'samlūkh'.

Parallel reading

السمالخي من الطعام واللبن: ما لا طعم له.

The samalkhi of food and milk: that which has no taste.

والسمالخي: اللبن يترك في سقاء فيحقن وطعمه طعم مخض.

And the samalkhi: milk left in a waterskin until it thickens, and its taste is like churned milk.

وسملوخ النصي: ما تنتزعه من قضبانه الرخصة؛

And the samlūkh of the young shoot: what you extract from its tender branches;

وقال النضر: صملوخ الأذن وسملوخها وسخها وما يخرج من قشورها؛

And Al-Nadr said: the ṣamluḵ of the ear and its samlūḵ, its secretion and what emerges from its scales;

وسماليخ النصي، أماصيخه وهو ما تنزعه منه مثل القضيب.

And the samālīḵ of the young shoot, its pith, which is what you extract from it like a twig.