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صلغ

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the completion of teeth in livestock, particularly sheep and goats, indicating their age. It also extends to the concept of maturity and fullness, metaphorically applied to warriors and ships.

Derived headwords

الصَّلْغَةnoun
  1. 1.
    large shipclassical

    A large vessel or ship.

الصُّلُوغnoun
  1. 1.
    tooth completion (livestock)classical

    The completion of teeth in cloven-hoofed animals, indicating maturity.

صَلَغَتِ الشَّاةُ وَالْبَقَرَةُverb
  1. 1.
    its teeth completedclassical

    The sheep and the cow completed their teeth, signifying they reached a certain age.

تَصْلُغُverb
  1. 1.
    completing teethclassical

    It (an animal) completes its teeth, specifically referring to the fifth and sixth year.

صَالِغadjective
  1. 1.
    mature (animal)classical

    Referring to an animal, particularly sheep or cattle, whose teeth have fully developed, indicating maturity.

  2. 2.
    mature (horse)classical

    Equivalent to 'qarih' (aged) for horses, indicating a mature or advanced age.

صَالِغَةadjective
  1. 1.
    mature (animal)classical

    Feminine form of 'saligh', referring to a mature female animal whose teeth are complete.

غَنَمٌ صُلُغٌnoun
  1. 1.
    mature sheepclassical

    Sheep that have reached maturity, indicated by the completion of their teeth.

الكَبَاشُ الصُّلُغُnoun
  1. 1.
    brave warriorsclassical

    Metaphorically refers to brave and strong warriors, likened to mature rams.

تَصْلُغُ الشَّاةُverb
  1. 1.
    completes teethclassical

    The sheep completes its teeth, specifically in the sixth year according to Abu Zayd, or the fifth according to Al-Asma'i.

تَصْلُغُ البَقَرَةُverb
  1. 1.
    completes teethclassical

    The cow completes its teeth, indicating maturity.

المِعْزَى سُلِغَ وَصُلِغَverb
  1. 1.
    completed teethclassical

    The goats completed their teeth, indicating they reached five years of age.

سُوَالِغٌ وَصَوَالِغٌadjective
  1. 1.
    five years oldclassical

    Referring to goats that have completed five years of age, indicated by their teeth.

الصَّالِغُ وَالقَارِحُnoun
  1. 1.
    mature and agedclassical

    Referring to mature and aged animals (cattle and sheep) that have reached the end of their lifespan, typically in the sixth year.

Parallel reading

السفينة الكبيرة.
A large ship.
والصلوغ في ذوات الأظلاف مثل السلوغ.
And 'sulugh' (tooth completion) in cloven-hoofed animals is like 'sulugh'.
وصلغت الشاة والبقرة تصلغ صلوغا وسلغت، وهي صالغ، بغير هاء: تمت أسنانها
And the sheep and the cow completed their teeth, reaching 'salughan' and 'salaghat', being 'saligh' (without 'ha'), meaning their teeth were complete.
وهي تصلغ بالخامس والسادس
And it (the animal) completes its teeth in the fifth and sixth (year).
وزعم سيبويه أن الأصل السين، والصاد مضارعة لمكان الغين.
And Sibawayh claimed that the origin is 'seen', and the 'sad' is assimilated due to the presence of 'ghayn'.
وغنم صلغ: سوالغ؛
And 'saligh' sheep: meaning they are 'sawaligh' (five years old).
والحرب شهباء الكباش الصلغ الكباش: الأبطال.
And war is grey with the brave warriors; the warriors are the heroes.
والصالح: كالقارح من الخيل.
And 'as-saligh': is like 'al-qarih' (aged) from horses.
ليس بعد الصالغ في الظلف سن
There is no tooth after 'as-saligh' in cloven-hoofed animals.
الشاة تصلغ في السنة السادسة
The sheep completes its teeth in the sixth year.
وتصلغ الشاة في السنة الخامسة، وكذلك البقرة
And the sheep completes its teeth in the fifth year, and likewise the cow.
وليس بعد الصلوغ سن.
And there is no tooth after 'as-sulugh'.
المعزى سلغ وصلغ وسوالغ وصوالغ لتمام خمس سنين.
The goats are 'saligh', 'salagh', 'sawaligh', and 'sawaligh' for the completion of five years.
عليهم فيه الصالغ والقارح
Upon them are the 'saligh' and the 'qarih'.
هو من البقر والغنم الذي كمل وانتهى سنه، وذلك في السنة السادسة، ويقال بالسين.
It is from the cattle and sheep whose age is complete and has ended, which is in the sixth year, and it is also said with 'seen'.