سلج

Root entry · 17 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the act of swallowing or consuming food and drink, often with a sense of eagerness or intensity. It also extends to anatomical terms like the throat, and to specific plants and marine items.

Derived headwords

سَلَجَverb

1.
to swallowboth
To swallow food or drink, often implying a smooth or complete ingestion.
2.
to have diarrheaclassical
Used for camels, indicating a state of loose bowels, possibly from eating a specific plant.
3.
to suckleclassical
Used for a young camel (faṣīl) suckling its mother.

سَلْجًاnoun

1.
swallowingboth
The act of swallowing, as a verbal noun.

سَلَجَانًاnoun

1.
swallowingboth
The act of swallowing, as a verbal noun.

سَلِجَverb

1.
to have diarrheaclassical
To suffer from loose bowels, specifically attributed to camels.

سَلْجَانnoun

1.
throatboth
The passage in the neck, the pharynx or gullet.

سَلَجnoun

1.
plantclassical
A plant resembling the one known as 'salaj', possibly a type of beet or similar vegetable.

تَسَلَّجَverb

1.
to drink intenselyclassical
To drink a liquid with great eagerness or persistence, as if filling one's throat.

اِسْتَلَجَهُverb

1.
to drink intenselyclassical
To drink a liquid with great eagerness or persistence, as if filling one's throat.

سُلَالِيجnoun

1.
tall plane treesclassical
Plural of 'suljaj', referring to tall trees of the plane species.

سُلَيْجَةnoun

1.
door plankclassical
A plank of wood from which a door is split or hewn.

سِلْجِنnoun

1.
cakeclassical
A type of baked good, possibly a biscuit or small cake.

سِلْجnoun

1.
giftclassical
A gift or present.

سِجِلّnoun

1.
giftclassical
A gift or present.

سَلَجnoun

1.
sea shellsclassical
Marine shells containing edible matter.

سِجِلّnoun

1.
sea shellsclassical
Marine shells containing edible matter.

طَعَامٌ سَلِيجadjective

1.
delicious foodclassical
Food that is pleasant and easily swallowed, implying it is tasty.

طَعَامٌ سَلْجَلِجadjective

1.
delicious foodclassical
Food that is pleasant and easily swallowed, implying it is tasty.

Parallel reading

سلج اللقمة، كسمع، سلجا وسلجانا: بلعها

To swallow a morsel, as in 'sami'a', with 'saljan' and 'salajana': to swallow it.

والإبل: استطلقت عن أكل السلج، كسلج، كنصر

And for camels: they became loose-boweled from eating the 'salj' plant, as in 'nasara'.

وسلج الفصيل الناقة: رضعها

And the young camel suckled the mother camel.

والسلجان، كصليان: الحلقوم

And 'saljan', like 'ṣalyān': the throat.

وكقمحان: نبات كالسلج، كقبر

And like 'qumḥān': a plant like 'salj', as in 'qabara'.

وتسلج الشراب، واستلجه: ألح في شربه، كأنه ملأ به سلجانه

And to drink intensely the liquid, and 'astaljahu': to persist in drinking it, as if one filled his throat with it.

والسلاليج: الدلب الطوال

And 'al-sulālīj': the tall plane trees.

والسليجة: الساجة التي يشق منها الباب

And 'al-sulayjah': the plank from which the door is split.

والسلجن، كسنخف: الكعك

And 'al-siljin', like 'sankhaf': the cake.

والسلج والسجل: العطاء

And 'al-salj' and 'al-sijill': the gift.

وكصرد: أصداف بحرية فيها شيء يؤكل

And like 'ṣurad': marine shells containing something edible.

وطعام سليج وسلجلج، كسفرجل وقذعمل: طيب يتسلج، أي: يبتلع

And 'ṭa'āmun salīj' and 'saljalij', like 'safrajall' and 'qadh'amal': delicious food that is easily swallowed, meaning: swallowed.