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سلج

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the act of swallowing or consuming food, and also describes a specific type of plant and its effect on animals. It encompasses the physical act of ingestion and the resulting physiological state.

Derived headwords

سَلَجَverb
  1. 1.
    he swallowed the morselboth

    he swallowed the morsel

سَلَجَverb
  1. 1.
    he swallowed the morselboth

    he swallowed the morsel

سَلْجnoun
  1. 1.
    he swallowed the morselboth

    he swallowed the morsel

سَلَجَانnoun
  1. 1.
    swallowing, meaning he swallowed itboth

    swallowing, meaning he swallowed it

سِلْجnoun
  1. 1.
    he swallowed the morselboth

    he swallowed the morsel

السِّلْجnoun
  1. 1.
    plantboth

    The specific plant that camels eat.

سَلَجَتverb
  1. 1.
    stomachs became looseclassical

    The stomachs of animals became loose or relaxed.

تَسْلَجverb
  1. 1.
    stomachs become looseclassical

    The stomachs of animals become loose or relaxed.

Parallel reading

سلج اللقمة بالكسر، يسلجها سلجا وسلجانا، أي بلعها.
He swallowed the morsel with a kasra, he swallows it suljan and suljanan, meaning he swallowed it.
الاكل سلجان والقضاء ليان
Eating is swallowing, and repayment is procrastination.
إذا أخذ الرجل الدين أكله، فإذا أراد صاحب الدين حقه لواه به
If a man takes a debt, he swallows it; but when the creditor wants his right, he procrastinates.
والسلج، بالضم والتشديد: نبت ترعاه الإبل.
And as-silj, with damma and shadda, is a plant that camels graze on.
وقد سلجت الإبل بالفتح تسلج بالضم، إذا استطلقت بطونها عن أكل السلج.
And the camels have become loose (saliijat) with a fatha, they become loose (tasluju) with a damma, if their stomachs become loose from eating as-silj.