صلخ

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with the concept of deafness or being deaf, often in an extreme or absolute sense. It also extends to meanings related to severe skin conditions like mange, and certain types of venomous snakes.

Derived headwords

الأَصْلَخadjective

1.
deafboth
Extremely deaf, to the point of not hearing anything at all.
2.
leprousclassical
Suffering from a severe skin disease, specifically mange.
3.
leprous snakeclassical
A type of snake, particularly a venomous one, associated with the root's meaning of skin affliction.

الأَصْلَجadjective

1.
deafboth
Deaf, a variant pronunciation and spelling of 'al-aṣlakh' used by some Arab tribes.

تَصَالُجverb

1.
to feign deafnessclassical
To pretend to be deaf or to act as if one cannot hear.

صُلِخَverb

1.
to become deafclassical
To become deaf, to lose one's hearing completely.
2.
to be afflicted with mangeclassical
To be afflicted with mange or a severe skin disease.

صَلْخَاءadjective

1.
mange-afflicted (female)classical
A female animal suffering from mange.

صُلْخَىadjective

1.
mange-afflicted (plural)classical
Plural of mange-afflicted animals.

الصَّالِخadjective

1.
venomous snakeclassical
A highly venomous snake, particularly one that is dangerous or deadly.

سَالِخadjective

1.
venomous snakeclassical
A venomous snake, a variant spelling and pronunciation of 'al-ṣālikh'.

صَلْخnoun

1.
deafnessclassical
The state of being deaf.
2.
mangeclassical
A severe skin disease, mange.

Parallel reading

الأصلخ: الأصم

Al-aṣlakh: the deaf.

وفلان يتصالج علينا

And so-and-so pretends to be deaf towards us.

ورأيت أمة صماء كانت تعرف بالصلجاء

And I saw a deaf slave woman who was known as al-Ṣaljā'.

وقد صلخ سمعه

And his hearing has become deaf.

ورجل أصلخ بين الصلخ

And a deaf man, extremely deaf.

لو أبصرت أبكم أعمى أصلخا

If you had seen a mute, blind, deaf person...

يقال: صلخا كصلخ النعام لأن النعام كله أصلخ

It is said: 'May you be deaf like the deaf ostrich,' because all ostriches are deaf.

وجمل أصلخ وناقة صلخاء وإبل صلخى: وهي الجرب

And a deaf camel, and a deaf female camel, and deaf camels: meaning they have mange.

والجرب الصالخ: وهو الناخس الذي يقع في دبره فلا يشك أنه سيصلخه

And the penetrating mange: it is the one that pierces its anus, and there is no doubt it will flay it.

والعرب تقول للأسود من الحيات: صالخ وسالخ

And the Arabs call the black snake 'ṣālikh' and 'sālikh'.

أقتل ما يكون من الحيات إذا صلخت جلدها

The most deadly of snakes when it sheds its skin.

ويقال للأبرص الأصلخ

And the leprous person is called 'al-aṣlakh'.