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القلح

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the discoloration or staining of teeth, often due to a yellowish or dirty appearance. It extends to meanings of dirtiness in clothing, the aged state of animals, and a metaphorical sense of scarcity or hardship in land.

Derived headwords

القَلَحnoun
  1. 1.
    yellowishness of teethboth

    A yellowish discoloration or staining of the teeth.

  2. 2.
    dirty garmentclassical

    A garment that is dirty or soiled.

  3. 3.
    aged donkeyclassical

    An old or aged donkey.

القَلَاحnoun
  1. 1.
    yellowishness of teethclassical

    Similar to القَلَح, referring to the yellowish discoloration of teeth.

قَلَحَverb
  1. 1.
    to have stained teethboth

    To suffer from the yellowish discoloration of teeth.

قَلِحَverb
  1. 1.
    to have stained teethclassical

    An alternative form indicating the condition of having stained teeth.

يُقَلِّحُverb
  1. 1.
    to clean teethclassical

    To clean one's teeth, to treat them from discoloration.

تَقَلُّحverb
  1. 1.
    to become scarceclassical

    When land becomes scarce or difficult to sustain life in, especially during drought.

الأَقْلَحadjective
  1. 1.
    beetleclassical

    Referring to the scarab beetle (الجعل).

ابن بسام البخاريname
  1. 1.
    a hadith narratorclassical

    A specific individual, Ibn Bassam Al-Bukhari, known as a hadith scholar.

عاصم بن ثابت بن أبي الأقلحname
  1. 1.
    a companion of the Prophetclassical

    A companion of the Prophet Muhammad (Sahabi), whose full name includes 'Abu Al-Aqlaḥ'.

القَلْحَمnoun
  1. 1.
    aged oneclassical

    An aged or old individual, particularly noted as a variant with 'mim'.

Parallel reading

صفرة الأسنان، كالقلاح.
Yellowishness of teeth, like Al-Qalāḥ.
عود يقلح
A stick is used to clean teeth.
تنقى أسنانه
His teeth are cleaned.
تعالج من القلح
He is treated for the discoloration of his teeth.
من باب قردت البعير.
From the pattern of 'qaraḍtu al-ba'īr' (I hobbled the camel).
الثوب الوسخ
The dirty garment.
الحمار المسن
The aged donkey.
الأقلح: الجعل
Al-Aqlaḥ: the scarab beetle.
ابن بسام البخاري: محدث
Ibn Bassam Al-Bukhari: a hadith scholar.
عاصم بن ثابت بن أبي الأقلح: صحابي.
ʿĀṣim ibn Thābit ibn Abī Al-Aqlaḥ: a companion.
تقلح البلاد
The land becomes scarce.
تكسب فيها في الجدب.
It yields little in times of drought.
والقلحم: المسن، موضعه الميم.
And Al-Qalḥam: the aged one, its place is the mim.