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الشلخ

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to origins, lineage, and seminal fluid. It also extends to the act of cutting or cleaving with a sword and refers to a specific ancestor of Abraham.

Derived headwords

الشَّلْخnoun
  1. 1.
    originboth

    The fundamental source or beginning of something.

  2. 2.
    offspringclassical

    A man's progeny or descendants.

  3. 3.
    semenclassical

    The seminal fluid of a man.

  4. 4.
    vulvaclassical

    The female external genitalia.

شَلَخَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to cleaveclassical

    To cut or cleave something with a sword.

وشلخه بالسيف: هبره به — And he cleaved him with the sword: he cut him with it.
شَالِخname
  1. 1.
    Shalikhboth

    The name of Abraham's grandfather.

وشالخ، كهاجر: جد ابراهيم، عليه السلام — And Shalikh, like Hajar: the grandfather of Abraham, peace be upon him.

Parallel reading

الشَّلْخ: الأَصْلُ، وَنَجْلُ الرَّجُلِ، أَوْ نُطْفَتُهُ، وَفَرْجُ المَرْأَةِ.
Al-Shalkh: the origin, and the offspring of a man, or his semen, and the vulva of a woman.
وَشَلَخَهُ بِالسَّيْفِ: هَبَرَهُ بِهِ.
And he cleaved him with the sword: he cut him with it.
وَشَالِخٌ، كَهَاجِرَ: جَدُّ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ.
And Shalikh, like Hajar: the grandfather of Abraham, peace be upon him.