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ثلغ

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with the concept of breaking, shattering, or splitting something, particularly a head or fruit. It also extends to the idea of something falling and breaking, or a date palm becoming ripe and dropping its fruit.

Derived headwords

ثلَغَverb
  1. 1.
    to shatterboth

    To break or shatter something, especially the head.

انثلَغَverb
  1. 1.
    to be shatteredboth

    To be broken or shattered, used in the passive sense.

الأَثْلَغِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    maleclassical

    Referring to a male animal or person.

أَثْلَغَverb
  1. 1.
    to ripen and fallclassical

    Used for date palms, meaning they have ripened and dropped their fruit.

Parallel reading

ثلغ رأسه، كمنع: شدخه، فانثلغ.
He shattered his head, as in 'man'a': he split it, and it was shattered.
والأَثْلَغِيّ: الذكر.
And 'al-athlaghi': the male.
وكمعظم: ما سقط من النخلة رطبا فانشدخ، أو أسقطه المطر ودقه.
And as in 'mu'dham': what falls from the date palm while still moist and then breaks, or what the rain causes to fall and crush.
وانثلغ النخل: أرطب.
And 'anthalagha al-nakhl': the date palms ripened.