صلقم

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes the clashing or grinding of teeth, particularly the tusks of animals. It extends to meanings of being large, strong, or severe, often applied to camels or elderly women, and also relates to a harsh or loud sound.

Derived headwords

الصَّلْقَمَةnoun

1.
clashing of tusksclassical
The collision or grinding of tusks against each other.

أَصْلَقَهُverb

1.
to make clashclassical
To cause something, like tusks, to clash or grind together.

أصلقه العز بناب فاصلقم — He was made to clash with pride by a tusk, so he clashed. —

اِصْلَقَمَverb

1.
to clashclassical
To clash or grind together, specifically referring to tusks.

أصلقه العز بناب فاصلقم — He was made to clash with pride by a tusk, so he clashed. —

الصَّلْقَمnoun

1.
grinding tusksclassical
That which grinds or clashes its tusks together.
2.
large camelclassical
A large, stout camel.
3.
fierce camelclassical
A camel that bites and snaps fiercely.
4.
severeclassical
Severe or harsh.
5.
old womanclassical
An old, large woman.

صَلْقَمnoun

1.
grinding tusksclassical
The act of grinding or clashing tusks together.
2.
large camelclassical
A large, stout camel.
3.
fierce camelclassical
A camel that bites and snaps fiercely.
4.
severeclassical
Severe or harsh.
5.
old womanclassical
An old, large woman.

صَلَاقِمnoun

1.
large camelsclassical
Plural of الصلقم, referring to large, stout camels.

الصَّلْقَمَةnoun

1.
large camelsclassical
Plural of الصلقم, referring to large, stout camels, with the 'ta marbuta' indicating a collective or feminine plural.

جماد بها البسباس، يرهص معزها ... بنات المخاض والصلاقمة الحمرا — ... and the red large camels.

الصَّلْقَامnoun

1.
large camelclassical
A large, stout camel.

صَلْقَمَهُnoun

1.
great bodyclassical
His great, large body.

يعلو صلاقيم العظام صلقمه — His great body overtops the bones of the large ones.

المُصَلْقِمadjective

1.
hard and strongclassical
Hard and strong.
2.
voracious eaterclassical
One who eats intensely or voraciously.

المُصَلْقِمnoun

1.
large womanclassical
A large woman, with the feminine suffix removed.
2.
old womanclassical
A very old woman.

صَهْصَلَقَverb

1.
to make a loud soundclassical
To make a loud, harsh, or resonant sound.

صهصلق الصوت دروجا كرزما — The sound was loud as it advanced, like a heavy rain.

Parallel reading

الصلقمة: تصادم الأنياب

Al-Salqamah: the clashing of tusks.

أصلقه العز بناب فاصلقم

He was made to clash with pride by a tusk, so he clashed.

والصلقم: الذي يقرع بعضها ببعض.

And Al-Salqam: that which grinds its tusks against each other.

وصلقم: قرع بعض أنيابه ببعض؛ قال كراع: الأصل الصلق، والميم زائدة، والصحيح أنه رباعي.

And Salqam: grinding its tusks against each other; Kara' said: the root is S-L-Q, and the 'mim' is extra, and the correct view is that it is quadriliteral.

والصلقم والصلقم: الضخم من الإبل، وقيل: هو البعير الشديد العض والفك، والجمع صلاقم وصلاقمة

And Al-Salqam and Salqam: the large one of camels, and it is said: it is the camel that bites and snaps fiercely, and the plural is Salaqim and Salaqimah.

جماد بها البسباس، يرهص معزها ... بنات المخاض والصلاقمة الحمرا

Camels with the young ones, their goats are pushed forward... the daughters of the young she-camels and the red large camels.

والصلقام الضخم من الإبل؛ وأنشد:

And Al-Salqam is the large one of camels; and he recited:

يعلو صلاقيم العظام صلقمه

His great body overtops the bones of the large ones.

والصلقم: الشديد؛ عن اللحياني.

And Al-Salqam: the severe; from Al-Lihyani.

والمصلقم: الصلب الشديد، وقيل: الشديد الأكل.

And Al-Musalqam: the hard and strong, and it is said: the intense eater.

والمصلقم أيضا: المرأة الكبيرة، أزالوا الهاء كما أزالوها من متئم ونحوها.

And Al-Musalqam also: the large woman, they removed the 'ha' as they removed it from 'Muta'im' and similar.

أبو عمرو: الصلقم العجوز الكبيرة؛ وأنشد لخليد اليشكري:

Abu Amr: Al-Salqam is the old, large woman; and he recited for Khulayd Al-Yashkari:

فتلك لا تشبه أخرى صلقما، ... صهصلق الصوت دروجا كرزما

So that one does not resemble another large woman, ... the sound was loud as it advanced, like a heavy rain.