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دملص
Root entry · 5 derived lemmasThis root appears to describe something that shines or gleams, particularly in color. It is related to the concept of inversion or reversal in linguistic analysis, linking to a triliteral root.
Derived headwords
الدملصnoun
- 1.gleaming colorclassical
That whose color gleams or shines brightly.
الدمالصnoun
- 1.gleaming colorclassical
That whose color gleams or shines brightly. It is considered a plural or variant form of الدملص.
الدلمصnoun
- 1.gleaming colorclassical
That whose color gleams or shines brightly. This is presented as an inverted form.
الدلامصnoun
- 1.gleaming colorclassical
That whose color gleams or shines brightly. This is presented as an inverted form, considered by Sibawayh to be on the pattern 'fa'amil'.
دلصverb
- 1.to gleamclassical
To gleam or shine, referring to color. This is a triliteral root from which other forms are derived.
Parallel reading
الدملص والدمالص كالدلمص والدلامص: الذي يبرق لونه
Ad-damlaṣu and ad-damāluṣu, like ad-dalmaṣu and ad-dalāmiṣu: that whose color gleams.
وقال يعقوب: هو مقلوب من الدلمص والدلامص
And Ya'qub said: it is an inversion of ad-dalmaṣu and ad-dalāmiṣu.
وهو مذكور في الثلاثي في دلص
And it is mentioned under the triliteral root in dalṣa.
لأن الدلامص عند سيبويه فعامل
Because ad-dalāmiṣu, according to Sibawayh, is on the pattern fa'amil.
فكل ما اشتق من ذلك وقلب عنه ثلاثي
So everything derived from that and inverted from a triliteral.