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هو

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root appears to be related to concepts of negation, removal, and making smooth or bare. It encompasses meanings of not knowing, uprooting, shaving, and becoming bankrupt.

Derived headwords

صلمعةother
  1. 1.
    ignoranceclassical

    A state of not knowing or being ignorant.

صلمعهverb
  1. 1.
    to uprootclassical

    To pull something out by the roots, to eradicate it completely.

رأسهverb
  1. 1.
    to shave the headclassical

    To shave the hair off someone's head.

الشيءverb
  1. 1.
    to smoothclassical

    To make something smooth or sleek.

فلانverb
  1. 1.
    to go bankruptclassical

    To become financially ruined or bankrupt.

Parallel reading

هو صلمعة بن قلمعة، أي: لا يعرف.
He is Salma'ah bin Qalma'ah, meaning: he does not know.
وصلمعه: قلعه
And Salma'ahu: means to uproot it.
ورأسه: حلقه
And Ra'asahu: means to shave it (the head).
والشيء: ملسه
And Al-shay'a: means to smooth it.
وفلان: أفلس.
And Fulana: means to go bankrupt.