الصلع

Root entry · 22 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of baldness, specifically the receding of hair from the forehead. It extends to describe barren or exposed places, and also encompasses meanings related to the sun's intensity and a snake emerging from the ground.

Derived headwords

الصَّلَعnoun

1.
baldnessboth
The receding of hair from the front of the head due to a lack of hair material in that spot and its dryness, and due to the brain's lower position relative to the skull, preventing it from nourishing the scalp as it would if it were directly adjacent.

صَلِعَverb

1.
to be baldboth
To be bald, referring to the condition of hair loss from the forehead.

أَصْلَعadjective

1.
bald (male)both
A male who is bald, specifically having receding hair from the forehead.

صَلْعَاءadjective

1.
bald (female)both
A female who is bald, specifically having receding hair from the forehead.
2.
famous placeclassical
Any well-known or famous location.
3.
calamityclassical
A great disaster or calamity.
4.
barren landboth
Land or a sandy area that does not grow vegetation.

صُلْعnoun

1.
bald peopleboth
Plural of 'أصلع' (bald man).

صُلْعَانnoun

1.
bald peopleboth
Plural of 'أصلع' (bald man).

الصُّلْعَةnoun

1.
bald spotboth
The place on the head that is bald.

صَيْلَعnoun

1.
mountain or valleyclassical
A mountain or a valley.

صَلِيعadjective

1.
where plants growclassical
A place where plants grow.

الأَصْلَعadjective

1.
polished toothclassical
A polished or gleaming tooth.

الصَّوْلَعadjective

1.
polished toothclassical
A polished or gleaming tooth.

الأُصَيْلِعnoun

1.
maleclassical
A male.
2.
slender-necked snakeclassical
A slender-necked snake whose head is like a hazelnut.

الصَّلْعَاءnoun

1.
famous placeclassical
Every famous or well-known place.
2.
calamityclassical
A calamity or a severe disaster.
3.
barren landboth
Land or a sandy area that has no vegetation.

صَلْعَاء النَّعَامname

1.
a place nameclassical
A place name located in the lands of Bani Kilab or Ghatafan, between Al-Naqrah and Al-Mughithah, known for a specific day.

الصُّلَيْعَاءnoun

1.
a place nameclassical
A place name.
2.
protruding private partclassical
The protruding and exposed private part.
3.
severe calamityclassical
A severe and intense calamity.

الصُّلَيْعِيَّةnoun

1.
a water sourceclassical
A water source or well.

صَلْعnoun

1.
wide, hard rockclassical
A wide and hard rock.

صَلَعnoun

1.
barren placeclassical
A place where nothing grows.

صَلَاع الشَّمْسnoun

1.
sun's heatboth
The intense heat of the sun.

صَلَّعَverb

1.
to excuseclassical
To make an excuse or to be excused.
2.
to emerge (snake)classical
For a snake to emerge without any dirt on it.
3.
to place hand flatclassical
For a person to place their hand flat and extended, and then defecate.

انْصَلَعَverb

1.
to rise (sun)both
For the sun to rise.
2.
to be at zenith (sun)classical
For the sun to reach the middle of the sky.
3.
to emerge from clouds (sun)both
For the sun to emerge from the clouds.

تَصَلَّعَverb

1.
to emerge from clouds (sun)both
For the sun to emerge from the clouds.

Parallel reading

انحسار شعر مقدم الرأس لنقصان مادة الشعر في تلك البقعة وقصورها عنها، واستيلاء الجفاف عليها، ولتطامن الدماغ عما يماسه من القحف، فلا يسقيه سقيه إياه وهو ملاق

The receding of hair from the front of the head due to a lack of hair material in that spot and its deficiency, and the dominance of dryness over it, and due to the brain's lower position relative to the skull, preventing it from nourishing the scalp as it would if it were directly adjacent.

وهو أصلع، وهي صلعاء

And he is bald, and she is bald.

ج: صلع وصلعان، بضمهما

Plural: ṣulʿ and ṣulʿān, with both being pronounced with dammah.

وموضع الصلع: الصلعة، محركة أيضا، ويضم

And the place of baldness is: al-ṣulʿah, also pronounced with harakah, and with dammah.

وصيلع، كصيقل: جبل أو ع

And ṣaylaʿ, like ṣayqal: a mountain or a valley.

وجبل صليع، كأمير: ما عليه نبت

And a mountain ṣalīʿ, like amīr: where plants grow.

والأصلع، والصولع: السنان المجلو

And al-aṣlaʿ, and al-ṣawlaʿ: the polished tooth.

والأصيلع: الذكر، وحية دقيقة العنق رأسها كبندقة

And al-uṣaylaʿ: the male, and a slender-necked snake whose head is like a hazelnut.

والصلعاء: كل خطة مشهورة، والداهية، والأرض، أو الرملة لا نبات فيهما

And al-ṣalʿāʾ: every famous place, and the calamity, and the land, or the sandy area where nothing grows.

وصلعاء النعام: ع بديار بني كلاب أو غطفان بين النقرة والمغيثة له يوم

And ṣalʿāʾ al-Nuʿām: a place name in the lands of Banī Kilāb or Ghatafān between Al-Naqrah and Al-Mughīthah, known for a specific day.

والصليعاء، كالحميراء: ع والسوءة البارزة المكشوفة، أو الداهية الشديدة

And al-ṣulayʿāʾ, like al-ḥumayrāʾ: a place name and the protruding, exposed private part, or the severe calamity.

ومنه قول عائشة لمعاوية: "ما شهدت الشهود، ولكن ركبت الصليعاء"، تعني في ادعائه زيادا، وعمله بخلاف الحديث الصحيح: "الولد للفراش، وللعاهر الحجر"، وسمية لم تكن لأبي سفيان فراشا

And from this is the saying of Aisha to Mu'awiyah: 'The witnesses did not testify, but rather you rode al-ṣulayʿāʾ,' meaning in his claim of Ziyad's lineage, and his acting contrary to the authentic hadith: 'A child belongs to the bed, and the adulterer gets stones,' and Sumayyah was not the wife of Abu Sufyan.

والصليعية: ماءة

And al-ṣulayʿiyyah: a water source.

وكرمان، أو سكر: الصخر العريض الشديد، الواحد: بهاء

And karamān, or sukkar: the wide, hard rock, the singular is: bahāʾ.

وكسكر: الموضع لا ينبت شيئا

And sukkar: the place where nothing grows.

وصلاع الشمس، ككتاب: حرها

And ṣalāʿ al-shams, like kitāb: its heat.

وصلع تصليعا: أعذر

And ṣalaʿa taṣlīʿan: he made an excuse.

و الحية: برزت لا تراب عليها

And the snake: it emerged without any dirt on it.

و فلان: وضع يده مستوية مبسوطة فسلح

And so-and-so: he placed his hand flat and extended, and defecated.

وانصلعت الشمس: بزغت، أو تكبدت وسط السماء، أو خرجت من الغيم، كتصلعت

And the sun inṣalaʿat: it rose, or it reached the middle of the sky, or it emerged from the clouds, as taṣallaʿat.