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جلح

Root entry · 21 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of stripping, clearing, or exposing, often in the context of vegetation, hair, or land. It also extends to meanings of boldness, aggression, and severe conditions.

Derived headwords

جلح المال الشجرverb
  1. 1.
    graze the topsclassical

    To graze the upper parts of trees and strip their bark.

الجوالحnoun
  1. 1.
    tops of reedsclassical

    What flies off from the tops of reeds and papyrus.

المجالحةnoun
  1. 1.
    confrontationclassical

    Confrontation, open declaration of enmity, or stubbornness.

المجالحnoun
  1. 1.
    lionclassical

    A lion.

  2. 2.
    cow in winterclassical

    A she-camel whose milk is abundant in winter.

المجاليحnoun
  1. 1.
    years of hardshipclassical

    Plural of المجلاح, referring to years that deplete wealth.

المجلاحnoun
  1. 1.
    severe yearclassical

    A severe year characterized by the abundance of milk (implying survival and sustenance despite hardship).

الجلحnoun
  1. 1.
    hair recessionmodern

    Receding of hair from the sides of the head.

جلحverb
  1. 1.
    to recedemodern

    To have hair recede from the sides of the head.

المجلحadjective
  1. 1.
    voracious eatermodern

    One who eats a lot; voracious.

المجلحnoun
  1. 1.
    foodclassical

    That which is eaten; food.

الأجلحadjective
  1. 1.
    headless palanquinclassical

    A type of palanquin that lacks a raised top.

  2. 2.
    unwalled areaclassical

    A flat area not enclosed by a wall.

بقر جلحadjective
  1. 1.
    hornlessmodern

    Cattle without horns.

جلحadjective
  1. 1.
    hornlessmodern

    Hornless, referring to cattle.

جلحnoun
  1. 1.
    torrential floodclassical

    A sweeping flood that carries away debris.

التجليحnoun
  1. 1.
    boldnessclassical

    Boldness, decisiveness, or a lion's charge.

الجلواحnoun
  1. 1.
    vast landclassical

    An expansive and wide area of land.

جلحاءname
  1. 1.
    place nameclassical

    A place name, specifically a town in Baghdad and a village in Basra.

الجلحاءةnoun
  1. 1.
    barren landclassical

    Land that does not produce any vegetation.

الجليحةnoun
  1. 1.
    churning with gheeclassical

    The process of churning milk with ghee or clarified butter.

الجليحاءname
  1. 1.
    war cryclassical

    A war cry or slogan associated with the wealthy.

جلمح رأسهverb
  1. 1.
    shave his headclassical

    To shave someone's head.

Parallel reading

جلح المال الشجر، كمنع: رعى أعاليه وقشره.
The livestock grazed the tops of the trees and stripped their bark.
والجوالح: ما تطاير من رؤوس القصب والبردي.
And the jawāliḥ are what flies off from the tops of reeds and papyrus.
والمجالحة: المكالحة، والمجاهرة بالأمر، والمكاشفة بالعداوة، والمكابرة.
And al-mujālaḥah means confrontation, open declaration of an affair, revealing enmity, and stubbornness.
والمجالح: الأسد، والناقة تدر في الشتاء.
And al-majāliḥ are the lion, and the she-camel that gives abundant milk in winter.
والمجاليح: جمعها، والسنون التي تذهب بالمال.
And al-majāliḥ is its plural, and the years that deplete wealth.
والجلح، محركة: انحسار الشعر عن جانبي الرأس، جلح، كفرح.
And al-jalḥ, with vowels, is the receding of hair from the sides of the head; he became jalḥ, like farḥ.
والمجلح، كمحدث: الأكول.
And al-mujliḥ, like muḥdith, is the voracious eater.
وكمحمد: المأكول.
And like muḥammad, it is the eaten (food).
والأجلح: هودج ما له رأس مرتفع، وسطح لم يحجز بجدار.
And al-ajlaḥ is a palanquin without a raised top, and a surface not enclosed by a wall.
وبقر جلح، كسكر: بلا قرون.
And jalaḥ cattle, like sukkar, are without horns.
وكغراب: السيل الجراف، ووالد أحيحة.
And like ghurāb: the sweeping flood, and the father of Aḥīḥah.
والجلواح، بالكسر: الأرض الواسعة.
And al-julwāḥ, with kasrah, is the vast land.
وجلحاء: ة ببغداد، وع بالبصرة.
And Jalḥāʾ is a town in Baghdad, and ʿAyn in Basra.
والجلحاءة، بالكسر: الأرض لا تنبت شيئا.
And al-jalḥāʾah, with kasrah, is land that produces nothing.
والجليحة: المخض بالسمن.
And al-jalīḥah is the churning with ghee.
وجلمح رأسه: حلقه.
And he shaved his head: he had it shaved.