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صلفع

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with actions related to striking, particularly the head or neck, and by extension, signifies ruin or financial collapse. It can also refer to the act of shaving or closely cutting hair.

Derived headwords

صَلَفَعَverb
  1. 1.
    struck his neck/headboth

    To strike someone on the neck or head.

  2. 2.
    shaved his headclassical

    To shave or closely cut the hair of someone's head.

أَصْلَفَعَverb
  1. 1.
    went bankruptmodern

    To become bankrupt or ruined financially.

Parallel reading

صلفع علاوته: ضرب عنقه
He struck his neck.
و رأسه: حلقه
And his head: he shaved it.
و فلان: أفلس
And so-and-so: he went bankrupt.