الطحلب

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of greenness, specifically algae or moss that grows on water or land. It extends to related ideas of abundance, killing, and even a single hair.

Derived headwords

الطُحْلُبnoun

1.
Algae/mossboth
A green growth that covers stagnant water.

الطُحْلُبnoun

1.
Algae/mossboth
A green growth that covers stagnant water.

طُحْلُبnoun

1.
Algae/mossboth
A green growth that covers stagnant water.

طَحْلَبَverb

1.
To become covered in algaemodern
Water becomes covered with algae or moss.

مُطَحْلِبadjective

1.
Covered in algaemodern
Describing water that is covered with algae or moss.

تَطَحْلَبَverb

1.
To become covered in algaeclassical
The opening of the lam (of the mouth) widens; it can also mean to become covered in algae.

طَحْلَبَverb

1.
To grazeclassical
Camels graze on it (referring to plants).

طَحْلَبَverb

1.
To killclassical
To kill someone.

طَحْلَبَverb

1.
To become green with plantsmodern
The land becomes green with vegetation.

طُحْلُبَةnoun

1.
Hairclassical
A single hair.

Parallel reading

خضرة تعلو الماء المزمن

A green growth that covers stagnant water.

وقد طحلب الماء

And the water became covered in algae.

فهو مطحلب

And it is covered in algae.

وتفتح لامه: كثر طحلبه

And its lam opened: its algae became abundant.

والإبل: جزها

And the camels: grazed it.

وفلانا: قتله

And so-and-so: he killed him.

والأرض: اخضرت بالنبات

And the land: became green with plants.

وما عليه طحلبة، بالكسر: شعرة

And upon him is a ṭuḥlubah, with a kasrah: a hair.