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زلقم

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the throat and swallowing, extending to the snout or trunk of animals, and metaphorically to a wide expanse like the sea.

Derived headwords

الزلقومnoun
  1. 1.
    Throatclassical

    The throat, specifically referring to the pharynx in some dialects or languages.

  2. 2.
    Snout/Trunkclassical

    The snout or proboscis of a dog, a wild beast, or an elephant.

زلقمverb
  1. 1.
    to swallowboth

    To swallow a mouthful or a morsel.

مقمةnoun
  1. 1.
    Snout/Muzzleclassical

    The snout or muzzle of a sheep, and by extension, of a dog.

الزلقمةnoun
  1. 1.
    Expanse/Widthclassical

    The state of being wide or expansive. It is also the name given to the sea due to its vastness.

Parallel reading

الزلقوم: الحلقوم في بعض اللغات.
Al-zalqūm: The throat in some languages.
والزلقوم: خرطوم الكلب والسبع.
And al-zalqūm: the snout of the dog and the beast.
وزلقم اللقمة: بلعها.
And he swallowed the morsel: he ingested it.
مقمة الشاة، ومنهم من يقول مقمة، وهي من الكلب الزلقوم.
The muzzle of the sheep, and some say muqammah, and it is al-zalqūm for the dog.
زلقوم الفيل خرطومه.
The elephant's zalqūm is its trunk.
الزلقمة الاتساع، ومنه سمي البحر زلقما وقلزما؛ عن ابن خالويه.
Al-zalqamah is wideness, and from it the sea was named Zalqam and Qalzam; according to Ibn Khālawayh.