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الملصقة

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of sticking, adhering, or attaching to something. It extends to meanings of being close or intimate, and also to the act of wounding or crippling an animal.

Derived headwords

مُلْصَقَةnoun
  1. 1.
    womanclassical

    A woman who is narrow, close-fitting, and intimate.

أَلْصَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to crippleclassical

    To wound or cripple the leg or hock of a camel.

Parallel reading

الملصقة، كمكرمة: المرأة الضيقة المتلاحمة.
Al-mulsaqah, like mukramah: the narrow, closely-attached woman.
وألصق بعرقوب بعيره، أو بساقه: عقره.
And he crippled the hock of his camel, or its leg: he wounded it.