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الدلخ

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to abundance and fertility, particularly concerning livestock and plants. It also extends to describe physical characteristics, specifically a woman's large posterior.

Derived headwords

الدَّلَخnoun
  1. 1.
    Fatnessboth

    Fatness or corpulence, often associated with abundance and good living.

دَلَخَverb
  1. 1.
    To be fatclassical

    To be fat or corpulent.

دَلِخٌadjective
  1. 1.
    Fatclassical

    Fat or corpulent.

دَلُوخٌadjective
  1. 1.
    Fatclassical

    Fat or corpulent.

إِبِلٌ دَلِخٌnoun
  1. 1.
    Fat camelsclassical

    Camels that are fat and well-fed, indicating prosperity.

دَوَالِخُnoun
  1. 1.
    Fat camelsclassical

    Plural of 'dalikh', referring to fat camels.

دَالِخٌadjective
  1. 1.
    Fertileclassical

    Fertile or abundant, often used to describe land or resources.

دَالِخُونَnoun
  1. 1.
    Fertile peopleclassical

    Plural of 'dalikh', referring to people who are fertile or prosperous.

دَلِخَةٌadjective
  1. 1.
    Large-hipped womanclassical

    A woman with a large or wide posterior.

الدَّلُوخُnoun
  1. 1.
    Date palmclassical

    A date palm tree that bears abundant fruit.

Parallel reading

الدَّلَخُ، مُحَرَّكَةً: السَّمَنُ.
Ad-dalakh, with vowels, means fatness.
دَلِخَ، كَفَرِحَ، فَهُوَ دَلِخٌ وَدَلُوخٌ.
Dalikha, like farikha, so he is dalikh and dalukh.
وَإِبِلٌ دَلِخٌ وَدَوَالِخُ.
And camels are dalikh and dawalikh.
وَرَجُلٌ دَالِخٌ: مُخْصِبٌ، وَهُمْ دَالِخُونَ.
And a man is dalikh: fertile, and they are dalikhun.
وَامْرَأَةٌ دَلِخَةٌ، كَهُمَزَةٍ وَغُرَابٍ: عَجْزَاءُ.
And a woman is dalikha, like humaza and ghurab: large-hipped.
ج: كَكِتَابٍ.
Plural: like kitāb.
وَالدَّلُوخُ، كَصَبُورٍ: النَّخْلَةُ الكَثِيرَةُ الحَمْلِ.
And ad-daluukh, like sabuur, is the date palm tree that is abundant in its yield.