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سملغ

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to the concept of being long or tall, possibly with a connotation of slowness or sluggishness.

Derived headwords

السملغnoun
  1. 1.
    The long oneclassical

    Refers to something or someone that is long or tall.

السملغadjective
  1. 1.
    Long, tallclassical

    Describing something or someone as being of great length or height.

سلغمnoun
  1. 1.
    Throat, gulletboth

    The passage through the neck, used for swallowing and breathing. This is a common meaning for the related root 'slghm'.

Parallel reading

السملغ، الغين أخيرة كالسلغم: الطويل.
As-samlagh, with the final ghayn like as-salgham: the tall one.