شلق

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily discusses a type of small fish found in the rivers of Basra, noting its non-Arabic origin. It also extends to meanings related to striking with a whip or similar object, and a specific term for a laying hen.

Derived headwords

الشِّلْقnoun

1.
small fishclassical
A small creature resembling a fish, with two legs near its tail like a frog's legs but no arms. It is found in the rivers of Basra and is considered non-Arabic.
2.
type of fishclassical
A type of fish, specifically the anklis, which is also called al-jari and al-jarit. It is said to be a fish from the seas of Bahrain.

الشَّلْقnoun

1.
strikingclassical
The act of striking with a whip or similar object.
2.
intercourseclassical
Sexual intercourse.

شَلَقَverb

1.
to strikeclassical
To strike something with a whip or other implement.

شَلْقًاnoun

1.
strikingclassical
The verbal noun for striking with a whip or other implement.

الشَّوْلَقِيّnoun

1.
sweet sellerclassical
A person who sells sweets, according to the dialect of Rabi'a. The Persians refer to such men as 'al-ris'.

الشَّلْقَةnoun

1.
laying henclassical
A hen that has laid its eggs.
2.
egg-laying animalclassical
An animal that lays eggs.

الشَّلْقَاءadjective

1.
knifeclassical
A knife, named on the pattern of 'harba' (chameleon).

Parallel reading

الشِّلْق: شيء على خلقة السمكة صغير له رجلان عند ذنبه كرجل الضفدع لا يدان له، يكون في أنهار البصرة، وليست بعربية.

Al-shilq: A thing resembling a small fish, with two legs near its tail like a frog's legs but no arms, found in the rivers of Basra, and it is not Arabic.

الشِّلْق الأنكليس من السمك وهو الجري والجريت، وقيل: الشِّلْق من سمك البحرين.

Al-shilq is the anklis fish, which is al-jari and al-jarit, and it is said: Al-shilq is from the fish of the two seas (Bahrain).

والشِّلْق: الضرب والبضع، وليس بعربي محض.

And al-shilq: striking and sexual intercourse, and it is not purely Arabic.

وشَلَقَهُ يَشْلُقُهُ شَلْقًا: ضربه بسوط أو غيره.

And he struck him, striking him: he struck him with a whip or something else.

والشَّوْلَقِيّ: الذي يبيع الحلاوة بلغة ربيعة، والفرس تسميه الرس من الرجال.

And al-shawlaqi: he who sells sweets in the dialect of Rabi'a, and the Persians call him 'al-ris' among men.

الشَّلْقَة الراضة.

Al-shalqah the egg-layer.

والشَّلْقَاء: السكين على وزن الحرباء.

And al-shalqaa': the knife, on the pattern of al-harba' (chameleon).

الضب المكون إذا باضت البيضة قيل سرأت، وبيضها سرء، وإذا ألقت بيضها فهي شَلْقَة.

The lizard that is pregnant, when it lays an egg, it is said to have 'sar'at', and its eggs are 'sar', and when it lays its eggs, it is a 'shalqah'.