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سلخ

Root entry · 29 derived lemmas

The root 'سلخ' primarily relates to the act of stripping, peeling, or shedding something, often skin or a covering. It extends to concepts of time passing, a plant growing, or a snake shedding its skin. It also encompasses related nouns for the shed material, specific animals, and descriptive adjectives.

Derived headwords

سَلَخَverb
  1. 1.
    to skin, flayboth

    To remove the skin from an animal, especially a sheep.

  2. 2.
    to pass, elapseboth

    Used for time, particularly a month, indicating that it has passed.

  3. 3.
    to shedboth

    Used for a snake shedding its skin.

  4. 4.
    to stripclassical

    To strip the day from the night, meaning to separate them or for one to end.

سَلْخnoun
  1. 1.
    skin, hideboth

    The skin that has been removed or stripped from a sheep.

  2. 2.
    end of the monthclassical

    The last part or end of a lunar month.

  3. 3.
    wool on spindleclassical

    The wool or fiber remaining on a spindle after spinning.

مَسْلُوخadjective
  1. 1.
    skinnedboth

    Describing a sheep whose skin has been removed.

اِنْسَلَخَverb
  1. 1.
    to shed (skin)both

    Used for a snake shedding its skin.

  2. 2.
    to pass (time)both

    Used for time, especially a month, indicating its passage.

اِنْسِلَاخnoun
  1. 1.
    sheddingclassical

    The act of a snake shedding its skin.

  2. 2.
    passing of timeclassical

    The elapsing of a period of time, such as a month.

سَالِخnoun
  1. 1.
    itchy skin diseaseclassical

    A type of itchy skin disease from which a camel suffers, causing it to shed skin.

  2. 2.
    black snakeclassical

    A name for a black snake.

سَلِيخَةnoun
  1. 1.
    perfumeclassical

    A type of perfume that resembles a shed peel or husk.

  2. 2.
    childclassical

    A term for a child.

  3. 3.
    fruit oilclassical

    Oil extracted from the fruit of the ban tree before it solidifies.

  4. 4.
    inedible plant partclassical

    A part of the Rhamnus plant that is not suitable for grazing.

مِسْلَاخnoun
  1. 1.
    snake skinboth

    The shed skin of a snake.

  2. 2.
    date palmclassical

    A date palm tree whose unripe dates (busr) fall off while still green.

  3. 3.
    hide, skinclassical

    A general term for hide or skin.

سُلَاخَةnoun
  1. 1.
    wool on spindleclassical

    The amount of spun wool or fiber that remains on a spindle.

اِسْتَلَخَverb
  1. 1.
    to strip, peel offclassical

    To strip or peel something off, often used metaphorically for time or light.

اِسْلَاخَاخnoun
  1. 1.
    lying downclassical

    The act of lying down or reclining.

إِسْلِيخnoun
  1. 1.
    plantclassical

    A type of plant.

سَلَخَ الشهرverb phrase
  1. 1.
    the month passedboth

    Indicates that a month has elapsed or gone by.

فُلانٌ شَهْرَهُverb phrase
  1. 1.
    he spent his monthclassical

    He spent his month, or reached its end.

النباتُ انْسَلَخَverb phrase
  1. 1.
    the plant grew greenclassical

    The plant became green again after a period of dryness or dormancy.

اللهُ النهارَ من الليلverb phrase
  1. 1.
    God separated day from nightclassical

    God separated the day from the night, causing one to end and the other to begin.

الحَيَّةُ انْسَلَتْverb phrase
  1. 1.
    the snake shed its skinboth

    The snake shed its skin.

آخِرُ الشَّهْرِnoun phrase
  1. 1.
    end of the monthclassical

    The last part of the month.

ما سُلِخَ عن الشَّاةِnoun phrase
  1. 1.
    what was skinned from the sheepclassical

    The skin that was removed from the sheep.

الجَمَلُ يَسْلَخُverb phrase
  1. 1.
    the camel has a skin diseaseclassical

    The camel suffers from a skin disease that causes shedding.

الأسْوَدُ من الحَيَّاتِnoun phrase
  1. 1.
    black snakeclassical

    A black snake.

أسْوَدٌ وأسْوَدَانِ سالِخٌadjective phrase
  1. 1.
    black and very blackclassical

    Describing a snake as black and intensely black.

أسَاوِدُ سالِخَةٌ وسَوالِخُ وسُلَخٌ وسُلَخَةٌnoun phrase
  1. 1.
    shedding snakesclassical

    Plural forms referring to snakes that shed their skin.

الأصْلَعُadjective
  1. 1.
    baldclassical

    Describing a person or animal that is bald.

الشَّديدُ الحُمْرَةِadjective phrase
  1. 1.
    intensely redclassical

    Describing something that is very red in color.

سَلِيخٌ مَلِيخٌadjective phrase
  1. 1.
    strong but infertileclassical

    Describing someone who is potent in intercourse but does not impregnate.

  2. 2.
    tastelessclassical

    Describing someone or something that lacks flavor or substance.

سَلَاخَةٌ ومَلَاخَةٌnoun phrase
  1. 1.
    potency and infertilityclassical

    Referring to the state of being potent but infertile.

  2. 2.
    lack of tasteclassical

    Referring to a lack of flavor or substance.

ما على المِغْزَلِ من الغَزْلِnoun phrase
  1. 1.
    yarn on the spindleclassical

    The spun yarn or fiber that remains on the spindle.

اِسْلَاخَاخَverb
  1. 1.
    to lie downclassical

    To recline or lie down.

Parallel reading

سلخ، كنصر ومنع: كشط، ونزع.
Salakha (like nasara and mana'a): to skin, to strip off.
والمسلوخ: شاة سلخ جلدها.
And the maslukh: a sheep whose skin has been flayed.
والشهر: مضى، كانسلخ.
And the month: it passed, as if it had been shed.
وفلان شهره: أمضاه وصار في آخره.
And 'so-and-so spent his month': he completed it and reached its end.
والنبات: اخضر بعد الهيج.
And the plant: it became green after dryness.
والله النهار من الليل: استله فانسلخ.
And God separated the day from the night: He drew it out, and it separated.
والحية، انسرى عن سلختها.
And the snake, it shed its skin.
والسلخ: آخر الشهر، كمنسلخه، واسم ما سلخ عن الشاة.
And the salakh: the end of the month, like its mansalakh, and the name for what is skinned from the sheep.
والسالخ: جرب يسلخ منها الجمل، واسم الأسود من الحيات.
And the salikh: an itchy disease from which the camel sheds, and the name for the black snake.
والأسلخ: الأصلع، والشديد الحمرة.
And the asliakh: the bald one, and the intensely red one.
والسليخة: عطر كأنه قشر منسلخ، والولد، ودهن ثمر البان قبل أن يربب.
And the salikhah: a perfume like a shed peel, a child, and oil of the ban fruit before it solidifies.
والمسلاخ: جلد الحية، ونخلة ينتثر بسرها أخضر، والإهاب.
And the mislakh: the snake's skin, a palm tree whose dates fall green, and the hide.
وسليخ مليخ: شديد الجماع ولا يلقح، ومن لا طعم له.
And salikh malikh: strong in intercourse but does not impregnate, and one who has no taste.
وفيه سلاخة وملاخة.
And in him is salakhah and malakhah.
والسلخ، محركة: ما على المغزل من الغزل.
And the salakh, vocalized: what is on the spindle of yarn.
واسلخ اسلخاخا: اضطجع.
And aslakha aslakkhakhan: he lay down.
والإسليخ، كإزميل: نبات.
And the islikh, like izmil: a plant.