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جلخط

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to barren or desolate land, possibly with a secondary meaning of sadness or grief. It is noted as a variant of another root.

Derived headwords

الجَلْخَطَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    barren landclassical

    Land that is devoid of trees or vegetation.

  2. 2.
    sadnessclassical

    Grief or sorrow.

جَلْحَطother
  1. 1.
    variantclassical

    This is noted as a linguistic variant of the root جلخط.

Parallel reading

الأرض التي لا شجر فيها أو الحزن، لغة في جلحط.
The land that has no trees in it, or sadness, a variant in (the root) جلحط.