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دملص

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This 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. 1.
    gleaming colorclassical

    That whose color gleams or shines brightly.

الدمالصnoun
  1. 1.
    gleaming colorclassical

    That whose color gleams or shines brightly. It is considered a plural or variant form of الدملص.

الدلمصnoun
  1. 1.
    gleaming colorclassical

    That whose color gleams or shines brightly. This is presented as an inverted form.

الدلامصnoun
  1. 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. 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.