قلزم

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of swallowing or engulfing, often with a sense of intensity or voracity. It is also famously associated with the name of the Red Sea, possibly due to its perceived depth and engulfing nature.

Derived headwords

القَلْزَمَةnoun

1.
swallowingboth
The act of swallowing something whole.
2.
engulfingclassical
The act of engulfing or consuming, often used metaphorically.

قَلَزَمَverb

1.
to swallowboth
To swallow something, often quickly or completely.
2.
to engulfclassical
To engulf or swallow up, as a sea or a deep place.

تَقَلْزَمَverb

1.
to swallow upboth
To swallow something completely, to devour it.
2.
to gulp downclassical
To gulp something down greedily.

تقلزمه إذا ابتلعه والتهمه — He swallowed it up, meaning he devoured it.

بحر القلزمname

1.
Red Seaboth
The name for the Red Sea, possibly derived from its depth and engulfing nature.

القُلْزُمnoun

1.
deep seaclassical
A deep sea or ocean, characterized by its vastness and depth.
2.
swallowingclassical
The act of swallowing or engulfing.

قليزماnoun

1.
deep wellclassical
A deep well, likened to the vastness and depth of the sea.

قَلازِمnoun

1.
swallowingclassical
The act of swallowing.

الزلقمnoun

1.
gulletclassical
The gullet or esophagus, the passage for swallowing.
2.
seaclassical
The sea, particularly a deep or vast one.

الزلقمةnoun

1.
vastnessclassical
Vastness or wideness.

Parallel reading

القلزمة: ابتلاع الشيء

Al-qalzama: swallowing something.

وفي المحكم. الابتلاع؛ أنشد ابن الأعرابي: ولا ذي قلازم عند الحياض، ... إذا ما الشريب أراد الشريبا

And in Al-Muhkam: swallowing; Ibn Al-A'rabi recited: And not one who swallows at the watering troughs, ... when the drinker wants to drink.

فأما اشتقاقه من القلز الذي هو الشرب الشديد فبعيد.

As for its derivation from 'al-qalz' which is intense drinking, it is far-fetched.

يقال: تقلزمه إذا ابتلعه والتهمه

It is said: 'taqallazamah' if he swallowed it and devoured it.

وبحر القلزم مشتق منه، وبه سمي القلزم لالتهامه من ركبه، وهو المكان الذي غرق فيه فرعون وآله

And the Red Sea is derived from it, and it was named Al-Qalzam because of its engulfing of whoever rode it, and it is the place where Pharaoh and his people drowned.

قال ابن خالويه: القلزم مقلوب من الزلقم وهو البحر.

Ibn Khalaweh said: Al-Qalzam is an inversion of Al-Zalqam, which is the sea.

والزلقمة: الاتساع

And Al-Zalqamah: vastness.

وقوله: قد صبحت قليزما قذوما إنما أخذه من بحر القلزم شبه البئر في غزرها به وصغرها على جهة المدح كقول أوس

And his saying: 'It has become morning like a deep well, a gullet', he only took it from the Red Sea, likening it to a well in its depth and smallness for the purpose of praise, like the saying of Aws.