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جلخ

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of filling, overwhelming, or impacting something forcefully. It extends to meanings of striking, rubbing, sexual intercourse, stretching, and also describes a state of weakness or collapse, and a specific geographical location.

Derived headwords

جَلَخَverb
  1. 1.
    to fillboth

    The flood filled the valley.

  2. 2.
    to strike downboth

    He struck down the opponent.

  3. 3.
    to rubboth

    He rubbed his belly.

  4. 4.
    to have sexual intercourseclassical

    He had sexual intercourse with his female slave.

  5. 5.
    to stretchclassical

    He stretched the object.

  6. 6.
    to woundclassical

    He wounded him with the sword, cutting off a piece of his flesh.

جَلَاخadjective
  1. 1.
    fillingboth

    A flood that fills the valley.

جَلْوَاخnoun
  1. 1.
    wide valleyclassical

    A wide valley that is filled.

مَجَالِخname
  1. 1.
    place nameclassical

    A valley in Tihamah.

اجْلَخَخَverb
  1. 1.
    to weakenclassical

    He became weak, his bones becoming feeble and unable to move.

  2. 2.
    to spread outclassical

    He spread out his arms in prostration.

اجْلَخْنَىverb
  1. 1.
    to collapseclassical

    He collapsed and lay down.

اجْلِخَاخnoun
  1. 1.
    weaknessclassical

    A state of weakness and feebleness.

Parallel reading

جلخ السيل الوادي
The flood filled the valley.
وهو سيل جلاخ
And it is a filling flood.
وبه صرعه
And by it, he struck him down.
وبطنه سحجه
And his belly, he rubbed it.
وجاريته نكحها
And his female slave, he had intercourse with her.
والشيء مده
And the thing, he stretched it.
وفلانا بالسيف بضع من لحمه بضعة
And him with the sword, he wounded a piece of his flesh.
والجلواخ بالكسر الوادي الواسع الممتلئ
And al-Jalwākh, with kasra, is the wide, filled valley.
ومجالخ كمساكن واد بتهامة
And Majālkh, like masākin, is a valley in Tihamah.
واجلخ اجلخاخا ضعف
And he became weak, with ajlakhāj.
وفتر عظامه فلا ينبعث
And his bones became feeble, so he could not move.
وفي السجود فتح عضديه
And in prostration, he spread his arms.
واجلنخى تقوض وبرك
And he collapsed and lay down.