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جلحط

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root appears to describe barren, desolate, or rough land. It may also refer to uneven or hilly terrain.

Derived headwords

الجَلْحَطَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    Barren landboth

    Land that is devoid of vegetation or trees.

  2. 2.
    Rough terrainclassical

    Uneven or hilly ground.

الجَلْحَظَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    Barren landclassical

    This is presented as an alternative spelling or variant of الجلحطاء, referring to land without trees.

الجَلْخَطَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    Barren landclassical

    Another variant spelling, with a different pronunciation of the third radical, also meaning land without trees.

الحُزْنnoun
  1. 1.
    Hilly terrainclassical

    This is cited as a meaning for الجلحطاء, indicating uneven or mountainous land.

Parallel reading

الأرض التي لا شجر فيها
The land that has no trees in it.
وقيل: هي الجلحظاء، بالظاء المعجمة
And it was said: it is al-jalḥaẓāʾ, with the emphatic ẓāʾ.
وقيل: هي الجلخطاء، بالخاء المعجمة والطاء غير المعجمة
And it was said: it is al-jalkhaṭāʾ, with the emphatic khāʾ and the non-emphatic ṭāʾ.
وقيل: هي الحزن؛ عن السيرافي
And it was said: it is al-ḥuzn (hilly terrain); according to Al-Sīrāfī.