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الشلق

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

The root الشلق primarily relates to striking, piercing, and opening, with extensions into sexual intercourse, specific animal-related terms, and geographical locations. It also encompasses descriptions of people and objects characterized by openness or a specific action.

Derived headwords

شَلَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to strikeboth

    To strike with a whip or other instrument.

  2. 2.
    to have intercourseclassical

    To engage in sexual intercourse.

الشَّلْقnoun
  1. 1.
    strikingboth

    The act of striking with a whip or other instrument.

  2. 2.
    intercourseclassical

    Sexual intercourse.

  3. 3.
    piercing the earclassical

    Piercing the ear lengthwise.

شَلْقnoun
  1. 1.
    piercing the earclassical

    Piercing the ear lengthwise.

شِلْقnoun
  1. 1.
    small fishclassical

    A small fish, possibly an eel.

شَوْلَقِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    one who seeks sweetnessclassical

    One who pursues or seeks out sweetness, likely referring to a person with a sweet tooth or someone looking for pleasant things.

شَلْقَمnoun
  1. 1.
    mouth openerclassical

    One who opens their mouth wide when laughing.

شَلْقَدnoun
  1. 1.
    poor's bagclassical

    A type of bag or pouch used by the poor, similar to a satchel.

  2. 2.
    beggingclassical

    The act of begging or asking for alms.

شَلْقَةnoun
  1. 1.
    tamerclassical

    A female tamer or one who breaks in animals.

شَلْقَاءadjective
  1. 1.
    knifeclassical

    A knife.

شِلْقَةnoun
  1. 1.
    lizard eggsclassical

    The eggs of a desert lizard (ḍabb) when thrown.

شَلْقَانname
  1. 1.
    two villages in Egyptclassical

    The names of two villages located in Egypt.

Parallel reading

الشلق: الضرب بالسوط وغيره
Al-shalaq: striking with a whip and other things.
والجماع
And sexual intercourse.
وخرق الأذن طولا
And piercing the ear lengthwise.
وبالكسر، أو ككتف: سمكة صغيرة، أو الأنكليس.
And with kasra, or like 'katif': a small fish, or an eel.
والشولقي: من يتتبع الحلاوة.
And al-shawlaqi: one who follows sweetness.
وكمنديل: من يفتح فاه إذا ضحك
And like 'mandeel': one who opens their mouth when they laugh.
وكشداد: شبه مخلاة للفقراء، والسؤال.
And like 'shaddad': a type of satchel for the poor, and begging.
والشلقة، محركة: الراضة.
And al-shalqah, with harakah: the tamer (female).
والشلقاء، كحرباء: السكين.
And al-shalqā', like 'harbā': the knife.
والشلقة، بالكسر: بيض الضب إذا رمته.
And al-shilqah, with kasr: the eggs of the desert lizard when thrown.
وشلقان، محركة: قريتان بمصر.
And Shalqān, with harakah: two villages in Egypt.