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صلغت

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the age of sheep, specifically when they reach maturity or a certain advanced age. It also extends to describe large ships and mature camels, and a geographical feature.

Derived headwords

صَلَغَتْverb
  1. 1.
    reached maturityclassical

    Said of a sheep, meaning it has reached a certain age of maturity, equivalent to 'qarih' for horses.

  2. 2.
    entered fifth/sixth yearclassical

    Said of a sheep, indicating it has entered its fifth or sixth year of age.

سَلَغَتْverb
  1. 1.
    reached maturityclassical

    An alternative pronunciation or dialectal variant for 'salaghat' (صلغت), referring to a sheep reaching maturity.

صَالِغadjective
  1. 1.
    mature (sheep)classical

    Referring to a sheep that has reached maturity, similar to 'qarih' for horses.

صَوَالِغnoun
  1. 1.
    mature sheep (pl.)classical

    Plural of 'saligh' (صالح), referring to mature sheep.

صُلُغnoun
  1. 1.
    mature sheep (pl.)classical

    A plural form referring to mature sheep, similar to 'sawaligh' (صوالغ).

صُلْغَةnoun
  1. 1.
    large shipclassical

    A large vessel or ship.

صُلْغَةnoun
  1. 1.
    mature camelclassical

    A female camel that is four years old and fat, or has reached its sixth year.

صُلْغnoun
  1. 1.
    red hillclassical

    A red hill or mound.

Parallel reading

صلغت الشاة، لغة في سلغت وهي صالغ
The sheep reached maturity, a variant pronunciation of 'salagat' (سلغت), meaning it is mature.
أو الصالغ منها، كالقارح من الخيل
Or it is the mature one of them, like the 'qarih' (mature) one of horses.
أو دخلت في الخامسة أو في السادسة
Or it has entered its fifth or sixth year.
وكباش صوالغ وصلغ، كركع
And rams that are mature ('sawaligh') and mature ('sulugh'), like 'rakka'' (ركع).
والصلغة: السفينة الكبيرة
And 'as-sulghah' (الصلغة) is the large ship.
وبالتحريك: الرباعية من الإبل السمينة، أو السديس
And with vowel movement ('sulghah' بالتحريك): the four-year-old fat camel, or the six-year-old.
والصلغ، محركة: الهضبة الحمراء
And 'as-sulgh' (الصلغ), with vowel movement, is the red hill.