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السلقع

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to concepts of barrenness, emptiness, and intense heat, often associated with desolate places or the effects of the sun.

Derived headwords

السُّلْقَعnoun
  1. 1.
    Barren placeclassical

    A desolate or barren place, often implying emptiness.

  2. 2.
    Ostrichclassical

    A male ostrich.

بُلْقَعnoun
  1. 1.
    Vast, empty desertclassical

    A wide, empty, and desolate desert or plain.

السُّلَنْقَاعnoun
  1. 1.
    Lightningclassical

    Lightning that stretches or spreads out across the sky, especially within clouds.

اِسْلَنْقَعَverb
  1. 1.
    To stretch out (lightning)classical

    Used to describe lightning when it stretches or spreads out.

اِسْلَنْقَعَverb
  1. 1.
    To be heated intensely (gravel)classical

    Used to describe gravel or small stones when they become intensely hot under the sun.

Parallel reading

المكان الحزن
The barren place.
أو إتباع لبلقع
Or a follower of 'bulqa' (vast, empty desert).
والظليم
And the male ostrich.
والسلنقاع، كجحنبار: البرق إذا استطار (في الغيم.
And 'al-sulunqa', like 'juhunbar': lightning when it stretches out (in the clouds).
واسلنقع البرق: استطار
And the lightning 'aslanqa': it stretched out.
و الحصى: حميت عليه الشمس.
And the gravel: the sun became intensely hot upon it.