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سلغف

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the act of swallowing or consuming something whole. It also describes a large, robust, or thick-set creature, particularly a cow, and by extension, something substantial or imposing.

Derived headwords

سَلْغَفَverb
  1. 1.
    to swallowboth

    To swallow something whole, to gulp it down.

السَّلْغَفُnoun
  1. 1.
    thick-setclassical

    Describing something that is thick-set, robust, or stout.

  2. 2.
    large cowclassical

    A large, stout, or thick-set cow.

سَلْغَفَةadjective
  1. 1.
    thick-setclassical

    Describing a cow that is thick-set, stout, or large.

Parallel reading

سلغف الشيء: ابتلعه.
To swallow something: to swallow it.
والسلغف: التار الحادر؛
And the salghaf: the thick-set, the robust;
بسلغف دغفل ينطح الصخر
With a thick-set, stout creature butting the rock
برأس مزلعب
With a broad head
وبقرة سلغفة: تارة،
And a large cow: sometimes,
وفي التهذيب: وبقرة سلغف.
And in Al-Tahdhib: and a large cow.