سلقع

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes desolate, barren, and rough terrain. It also extends to describe lightning and the act of becoming bankrupt or being struck on the neck.

Derived headwords

السُّلَقْعnoun

1.
barren placeclassical
A rough, desolate place. It is often used as an emphatic addition to 'balqa' (barren land) and is not typically used alone.

بَلْقَع سُلَقْعnoun

1.
barren landsclassical
Desolate lands that are completely empty and devoid of anything.

بِلَاقِع سَلَاقِعnoun

1.
barren landsclassical
Plural form referring to desolate lands that are completely empty and devoid of anything.

السُّلَنْقَعnoun

1.
lightningclassical
Refers to lightning, especially when it flashes brightly.

اسْلَنْقَعَverb

1.
to flash (lightning)classical
Used to describe lightning that flashes and extends in the clouds, being a brief, faint flash.
2.
to become hot and shimmeringclassical
Used for pebbles that become hot under the sun and shimmer, appearing to flash.

اسْلِنْقَاعnoun

1.
flash of lightningclassical
The brief, faint flash of lightning.

سَلْقَعَverb

1.
to go bankruptclassical
A dialectal variant of 'salqa' (to go bankrupt).
2.
to strike on the neckclassical
A dialectal variant of 'salqa' (to strike on the neck).

صَلْقَعَverb

1.
to go bankruptclassical
To become bankrupt or destitute.
2.
to strike on the neckclassical
To strike someone on the neck, implying decapitation or a severe blow.

السُّلَنْقَاعnoun

1.
flash of lightningclassical
Lightning that flashes, especially when it flashes intermittently.

Parallel reading

المكان الحزن الغليظ

The rough, desolate place.

ويقال هو إتباع لبلقع ولا يفرد

And it is said to be an addition to 'balqa' and is not used alone.

بلقاع سلقع

Barren, desolate land.

وبلاد بلاقع سلاقع

And desolate, barren lands.

وهي الأرضون القفار التي لا شيء فيها

And they are the barren lands in which there is nothing.

والسلنقع: البرق

And 'al-sulunquq' is lightning.

واسلنقع الحصى: حميت عليه الشمس فلمع

And the pebbles 'aslanqa': the sun heated them and they shimmered.

ويقال له حينئذ اسلنقع بالبريق

And at that time, it is said to be 'aslanqa' with shimmering.

واسلنقع البرق: استطار في الغيم

And the lightning 'aslanqa': it spread out in the clouds.

وإنما هي خطفة خفية لا تلبث

It is only a faint, fleeting flash that does not last.

والسلنقاع خطفته

And 'al-sulunqa'' is its fleeting flash.

وسلقع الرجل، لغة في صلقع: أفلس

And 'salqa' the man, a dialectal variant of 'salqa': he went bankrupt.

وفي صلقع علاوته أي ضرب عنقه

And in 'salqa' his neck, meaning he struck his neck.

السلنقاع البرق إذا لمع لمعانا متداركا

'Al-sulunqa'' is lightning when it flashes with successive flashes.