الصلم

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of cutting, severing, or extreme hardship. It extends to descriptions of physical mutilation, severe events, sharp objects, and even specific types of people or insects.

Derived headwords

الصلمnoun

1.
cuttingboth
The act of cutting or severing.
2.
mutilationclassical
The cutting off of an ear and nose from their origin.

التصليمnoun

1.
mutilationclassical
The act of cutting off ears and noses from their origin, similar to the root meaning.

أصلمadjective

1.
mutilatedclassical
Describing a man whose ears appear to be congenitally cut off.

مصلمadjective

1.
mutilatedclassical
Describing a man whose ears appear to be congenitally cut off.

الصلامةnoun

1.
groupclassical
A group or band of people.

الصلامnoun

1.
pulpclassical
The pulp of the nabq fruit (Ziziphus spina-christi).

الصيلمnoun

1.
calamityboth
A severe matter, a disaster, or a grave event.
2.
swordclassical
A sharp sword.
3.
heavy blowclassical
A powerful or decisive blow.

الصيرمnoun

1.
calamityclassical
A severe matter, a disaster, or a grave event.
2.
swordclassical
A sharp sword.
3.
heavy blowclassical
A powerful or decisive blow.

الصلمةnoun

1.
helmetclassical
A helmet, worn for protection.

الصلمةnoun

1.
strong menclassical
Sturdy and strong men.

الأصلمnoun

1.
fleaclassical
A flea.

الأصلمother

1.
metrical faultclassical
In prosody, a fault where the end of a foot is a 'watad mafruq' (a long syllable followed by a short syllable and then a long syllable).

اصطلمهverb

1.
uprootboth
To uproot something completely, to eradicate it.

صيلمةadjective

1.
totalclassical
Describing a battle or event as complete and devastating.

Parallel reading

الصلم: القطع، أو قطع الأذن والأنف من أصله، كالتصليم، والفعل كضرب.

Al-Salm: Cutting, or cutting off the ear and nose from their origin, like al-Tasleem, and the verb is like 'daraba'.

ورجل أصلم ومصلم الأذنين: كأنه مقطوعهما خلقة.

And a man is 'aslam' and 'musallam al-udhunayn': as if his ears were congenitally cut off.

والصلامة، مثلثة: الفرقة من الناس.

And 'al-salamah', with three possible pronunciations: a group of people.

والصلام، كزنار وشداد: لب النبقة.

And 'al-salam', like 'zunnar' and 'shaddad': the pulp of the nabq fruit.

والصيلم: الأمر الشديد، والداهية، والسيف، والوجبة، كالصيرم.

And 'al-saylam': the severe matter, the calamity, the sword, the heavy blow, like 'al-sayram'.

والصلمة، بالضم: المغفر، وبالتحريك: الرجال الشداد.

And 'al-salmah', with damma: the helmet, and with fatha: the strong men.

والأصلم: البرغوث، و في العروض: أن يكون آخر الجزء وتدا مفروقا.

And 'al-aslam': the flea, and in prosody: that the end of the foot be a separated 'watad'.

واصطلمه: استأصله.

And 'istalmah': he uprooted it.

ووقعة صيلمة: مستأصلة.

And a 'saylamah' battle: a devastating one.