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الصلطح

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes largeness, breadth, and spaciousness. It is used for physical size, the expanse of land, and also for a person's imposing stature.

Derived headwords

الصَّلْطَحadjective
  1. 1.
    Large, bulkyboth

    Describing something as large, bulky, or massive in size.

بَهَاءadjective
  1. 1.
    Broad, wideclassical

    Specifically referring to something that is wide or broad in its dimensions.

اِتَّسَعَتْverb
  1. 1.
    Became wideboth

    The past tense verb indicating that a place, particularly a plain or valley, became wide or expanded.

المُصَلَّطَحadjective
  1. 1.
    Broad, wideboth

    An adjective describing something as broad or wide.

الصَّلَاطِحadjective
  1. 1.
    Broad, wideboth

    An adjective describing something as broad or wide, similar to 'المصلطح'.

صَلَاطِح بَلَاطِحadjective
  1. 1.
    Vast and wideclassical

    An emphatic phrase used to describe something as extremely vast and wide, often used as an adjective.

الصَّلُوطَحname
  1. 1.
    A place nameclassical

    Indicates a proper noun, likely a place name, derived from the root's meaning of breadth or expanse.

Parallel reading

الضخم
The large/bulky one.
وبهاء: العريضة
And 'bahā' means the wide one.
واصلنطحت البطحاء: اتسعت
And when the plain became wide ('insalṭaḥat al-baṭḥā'): it became spacious.
والمصلطح والصلاطح، كمسرهد وعلابط: العريض
And 'al-muṣalṭaḥ' and 'al-ṣalāṭiḥ', like 'masarhad' and 'ʿalābiṭ': the broad one.
وصلاطح بلاطح: إتباع
And 'ṣalāṭiḥ balāṭiḥ': an emphatic follower phrase.
والصلوطح: ع
And 'al-ṣalūṭaḥ': a place name (ʿalam).