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الغلصمة

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the anatomical region of the throat, specifically the fleshy part between the head and neck, or the upper part of the pharynx. It extends to encompass concepts of leadership, a group of people, and actions related to the throat, as well as metaphorical uses related to honor and lineage.

Derived headwords

الغَلْصَمَةnoun
  1. 1.
    throat fleshboth

    The fleshy part situated between the head and the neck.

  2. 2.
    upper pharynxboth

    The bulge or structure at the junction of the uvula and the esophagus, or the top of the throat with its associated parts.

  3. 3.
    base of tongueclassical

    The root or base of the tongue.

  4. 4.
    leaderclassical

    A chief or leader.

  5. 5.
    groupclassical

    A company or group of people.

قَطْعُ الغَلْصَمَةِnoun
  1. 1.
    cutting the throatboth

    The act of cutting the throat.

الأَخْذُ بِهَاnoun
  1. 1.
    seizing by the throatboth

    The act of grasping or seizing someone by the throat.

ذُو الغَلْصَمَةِname
  1. 1.
    Dhu al-Ghalṣamahclassical

    A kunyah (patronymic or epithet) for Harmalah ibn Abdullah al-ʿIjli, a poet and horseman, named so due to his prominent throat.

مُغَلْصَمَاتadjective
  1. 1.
    thick-neckedclassical

    Women described as having thick or strong necks.

في غَلْصَمَةٍ مِنْ قَوْمِهِphrase
  1. 1.
    in honor and numbersclassical

    To be in a position of honor, prestige, and a large number of followers or kin within one's people.

Parallel reading

الغَلْصَمَة: اللحم بين الرأس والعنق
The ghalṣamah: the flesh between the head and the neck.
أو العجرة على ملتقى اللهاة والمريء
Or the bulge at the junction of the uvula and the esophagus.
أو رأس الحلقوم بشواربه وحرقدته
Or the top of the throat with its associated parts.
أو أصل اللسان
Or the base of the tongue.
والسادة
And the leaders.
والجماعة
And the group.
وقطع الغلصمة
And cutting the throat.
والأخذ بها
And seizing by it (the throat).
وذو الغلصمة: حرملة بن عبد الله العجلي، فارس شاعر، كني لعظم غلصمته
And Dhu al-Ghalṣamah: Harmalah ibn Abdullah al-ʿIjli, a horseman and poet, who was given this kunyah due to the prominence of his throat.
وهن مغلصمات: مشدودات الأعناق
And they (women) are mughalṣamāt: having strong necks.
وهو في غلصمة من قومه: في شرف وعدد
And he is in a ghalṣamah of his people: in honor and numbers.