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جلط

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the act of shaving or cutting hair, specifically the head. It also extends to metaphorical meanings of deception and falsehood, as well as the drawing or unsheathing of a sword.

Derived headwords

جَلَطَverb
  1. 1.
    to shave (head)both

    To shave the head, removing all the hair.

  2. 2.
    to lieclassical

    To tell a falsehood or to deceive with words.

  3. 3.
    to unsheatheclassical

    To draw a sword from its scabbard.

يَجْلِطُverb
  1. 1.
    he shaves (head)both

    The present tense form indicating the act of shaving the head.

  2. 2.
    he liesclassical

    The present tense form indicating the act of telling a lie.

  3. 3.
    he unsheathesclassical

    The present tense form indicating the act of drawing a sword.

جَلَطَverb
  1. 1.
    he shaved (head)both

    The past tense form indicating the completed act of shaving the head.

  2. 2.
    he liedclassical

    The past tense form indicating the completed act of telling a lie.

  3. 3.
    he unsheathedclassical

    The past tense form indicating the completed act of drawing a sword.

الجِلاطnoun
  1. 1.
    lyingclassical

    The act or state of telling falsehoods; deception.

Parallel reading

جلط رأسه إذا حلقه.
He shaved his head if he shaved it.
جلط الرجل إذا كذب.
The man lied if he lied.
الجلاط: المكاذبة.
Lying: the act of mutual deception.
جلط سيفه أي استله.
He drew his sword, meaning he unsheathed it.