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الصولجان

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of striking, hitting, and purification, particularly concerning metals like silver. It also extends to terms for a mace or club, and conditions like deafness or smoothness.

Derived headwords

الصَّوْلَجَانnoun
  1. 1.
    maceboth

    A type of club or mace, often used as a symbol of authority or in combat.

المِحْجَنnoun
  1. 1.
    crookboth

    A hooked staff or shepherd's crook, also used metaphorically for something bent or curved.

صَوَالِجَةnoun
  1. 1.
    macesboth

    The plural form of الصولجان (al-ṣawlajān), referring to multiple maces.

صَلَجَverb
  1. 1.
    to meltclassical

    To melt or liquefy, specifically used here in reference to silver.

  2. 2.
    to rubclassical

    To rub or stroke, used in reference to male genitalia.

  3. 3.
    to strikeclassical

    To strike with a stick or staff.

الصَّلَجnoun
  1. 1.
    deafnessclassical

    The condition of being deaf or hard of hearing.

أَصْلَجَadjective
  1. 1.
    very smoothclassical

    Describing something that is extremely smooth and sleek.

  2. 2.
    deafclassical

    Describing someone who is deaf.

تَصَالُجverb
  1. 1.
    to feign deafnessclassical

    The act of pretending to be deaf or not hearing.

الصَّوْلَجnoun
  1. 1.
    silverclassical

    A term for silver, particularly pure or refined silver.

  2. 2.
    pureclassical

    Describing something that is pure, unadulterated, or refined.

الصَّوْلَجَةnoun
  1. 1.
    silverclassical

    A term for silver, similar to الصولج, implying purity.

الصُّلُجnoun
  1. 1.
    sound dirhamsclassical

    Refers to genuine, valid silver coins (dirhams).

الصَّلِيجَةnoun
  1. 1.
    silver ingotclassical

    A purified or refined bar or ingot of silver.

صَلِيْجَاname
  1. 1.
    Salijaclassical

    A proper name, possibly of a place or person, mentioned in comparison to 'Zalikhā'.

Parallel reading

الصولجان، بفتح الصاد واللام: المحجن
Al-ṣawlajān, with fatḥa on the ṣād and lām: the mace.
ج: صوالجة
Plural: ṣawālijah.
وصلج الفضة: أذابها
And ṣalaja silver: he melted it.
و الذكر: دلكه
And the penis: he rubbed it.
و بالعصا: ضرب
And with the stick: he struck.
والصلج، محركة: الصمم
And al-ṣalaj, with vowels moved: deafness.
والأصلج: الشديد الأملس
And al-aṣla j: the intensely smooth.
والأصم، وليس تصحيف الأصلخ
And the deaf, and it is not a misspelling of al-aṣlakh.
والتصالج: التصامم
And al-taṣāluj: the feigning of deafness.
والصولج: الفضة، والصافي الخالص، كالصولجة
And al-ṣawlaj: silver, and the pure, the unadulterated, like al-ṣawljah.
والصلج، بضمتين: الدراهم الصحاح
And al-ṣuluj, with two ḍammas: the sound dirhams.
وكزلخة: الفيلجة من القز
And ka-zulkhah: a strip of silk.
والصليجة: سبيكة الفضة المصفاة
And al-ṣalījah: the ingot of purified silver.
وصليجا، كزليخا: علم
And Ṣalījā, like Zalīkhā: a proper name.