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جلهق

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to round objects, specifically nuts and possibly balls of mud. It also has a connection to Persian terms for yarn and weavers, and a potential phonetic variation of another root.

Derived headwords

الجلاهقnoun
  1. 1.
    Nutsclassical

    Refers to nuts, specifically hazelnuts.

  2. 2.
    Round mud ballsclassical

    Refers to round, smoothed balls of mud.

جلهnoun
  1. 1.
    Ball of yarnclassical

    A ball of spun yarn, originating from Persian.

جلهاnoun
  1. 1.
    Plural of ball of yarnclassical

    The plural form of 'jilh' (ball of yarn).

جلاهقةnoun
  1. 1.
    One round mud ballclassical

    A single instance of a round, smoothed ball of mud.

جلاهقتانnoun
  1. 1.
    Two round mud ballsclassical

    A dual form referring to two round, smoothed balls of mud.

جهلقتverb
  1. 1.
    To transpose lettersclassical

    To transpose letters, specifically moving the 'ha' forward and the 'lam' backward, as in the word 'jalahiq' becoming 'jahaliq'.

Parallel reading

الجلاهق: البندق
Al-jalahiq: the nuts.
ومنه قوس الجلاهق
And from it is the bow of al-jalahiq.
وأصله بالفارسية جله، وهي كبة غزل
And its origin is in Persian 'jilh', which is a ball of yarn.
والكثير جلها
And its plural is 'jilaha'.
وبها سمي الحائك
And by it, the weaver is named.
النضر: الجلاهق الطين المدور المدملق
An-Naḍr: Al-jalahiq are the round, smoothed mud.
وجلاهقة واحدة وجلاهقتان
And one jalahiqah and two jalahiqatan.
ويقال: جهلقت جلاهقا، قدم الهاء وأخر اللام
And it is said: jahlaqa jalahiqan, meaning to bring the 'ha' forward and put the 'lam' back.