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صملخ

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes the waxy or flaky substance found in the ear canal, as well as curdled or thickened milk. It also extends to describe dried, thin plant parts, particularly from roots.

Derived headwords

الصملاخnoun
  1. 1.
    earwaxboth

    The waxy or flaky substance found in the ear canal.

الصملوخnoun
  1. 1.
    earwaxboth

    The waxy or flaky substance found in the ear canal.

  2. 2.
    dried plant root partclassical

    The part that is pulled out, like a stalk, from the root of a plant, especially when it is thin and dried.

الصماليخnoun
  1. 1.
    earwax (plural)both

    The plural form of the waxy or flaky substance found in the ear canal.

  2. 2.
    dried plant root parts (plural)classical

    The plural form of dried, thin parts of plant roots.

صمالخadjective
  1. 1.
    curdled milkclassical

    Describing milk that has become thick and curdled.

صمالخيadjective
  1. 1.
    curdled milkclassical

    Describing milk that has become thick and curdled, especially milk that has been stored in a waterskin and left to ferment in a hole in the ground.

  2. 2.
    tasteless food/milkclassical

    Describing food or milk that lacks flavor.

السملوخnoun
  1. 1.
    earwaxboth

    The waxy or flaky substance found in the ear canal.

السملوخيadjective
  1. 1.
    curdled milkclassical

    Describing milk that has become thick and curdled.

أمْصُوخnoun
  1. 1.
    plant root partclassical

    The part that is pulled out, like a stalk, from the root of a plant.

النصيnoun
  1. 1.
    plant rootclassical

    A type of plant root, often referring to its thin, dried parts.

الصليانnoun
  1. 1.
    thin plant leavesclassical

    Refers to thin leaves of plants, especially when dried.

المجلخadjective
  1. 1.
    thin and driedclassical

    Describing something that is thin and dried, particularly plant parts.

Parallel reading

الصملاخ والصملوخ: وسخ صماخ الأذن وما يخرج من قشورها
Al-ṣamlākh and al-ṣamālūkh: the dirt of the ear canal and what comes out as scales.
والجمع الصماليخ
And the plural is al-ṣamālīkh.
وقال النضر: صملوخ الأذن وسملوخها.
And Al-Naḍr said: the ṣamālūkh of the ear and its ṣamalūkh.
ولبن صمالخ وصمالخي، خاثر متلبد
And milk that is ṣamālakh and ṣamālakhī, thick and curdled.
الصمالخي والسمالخي من اللبن الذي حقن في السقاء ثم حفر له حفرة ووضع فيها حتى يروب
Al-ṣamālakhī and al-samālakhī is from milk that was poured into a waterskin, then a hole was dug for it and it was placed therein until it curdled.
يقال سقاني لبنا صمالخيا
It is said, 'He gave me to drink ṣamālakhī milk.'
الصمالخي من الطعام واللبن الذي لا طعم له
Al-ṣamālakhī is from food and milk that has no taste.
والصملوخ: أمصوخ النصي، وهو ما ينتزع منه مثل القضيب
And al-ṣamālūkh: the amṣūkh of the al-naṣī, which is what is pulled out from it like a stalk.
والعرب تقول لأصل النصي والصليان من الورق الرقيق إذا يبس: صملوخ
And the Arabs say for the root of al-naṣī and al-ṣaliyān, from the thin leaves, when they dry: ṣamālūkh.
والجمع الصماليخ
And the plural is al-ṣamālīkh.
وهو ما رق من نبات أصولها
And it is what is thin from the plant's roots.