سلح

Root entry · 15 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns 'weapons' and related concepts like being armed or fortified. It also extends to meanings of 'excrement' and names of specific plants, places, and a tribe.

Derived headwords

السلاحnoun

1.
Silāḥ is masculine because its plural is asliḥah, and this is a specific pattern for the plural of masculine nouns, its feminine form.both
Silāḥ is masculine because its plural is asliḥah, and this is a specific pattern for the plural of masculine nouns, its feminine form.
2.
As-silāḥ, with a ḍamma, means excrement.both
As-silāḥ, with a ḍamma, means excrement.

أسلحةnoun

1.
weapons (plural)both
The plural form of 'weaponry'.

تسلحverb

1.
The man armed himself: he put on his weapon.both
The man armed himself: he put on his weapon.

رجل سالحadjective

1.
armed manboth
A man who is accompanied by or possesses weapons.

المسلحةnoun

1.
Al-maslaḥah, on the pattern of al-maṣlaḥah, refers to a group of armed people.both
Al-maslaḥah, on the pattern of al-maṣlaḥah, refers to a group of armed people.
2.
Al-maslaḥah also refers to a frontier outpost or a watchtower.both
Al-maslaḥah also refers to a frontier outpost or a watchtower.

سلحverb

1.
He defecated, from the verb pattern of قَطَعَ.both
He defecated, from the verb pattern of قَطَعَ.

سلحاnoun

1.
defecationboth
The act or process of defecation.

أسلحه غيرهverb

1.
to cause to defecateclassical
To make someone or something defecate.

ناقة سالحadjective

1.
defecating camelclassical
A female camel that has defecated, likely due to consuming certain plants.

الإسليحnoun

1.
a type of plantclassical
A plant that causes camels' milk to become abundant.

سليحname

1.
Saliḥclassical
A tribe from Yemen.

سيلحونname

1.
Saylahūnclassical
A village. The common pronunciation is Sāliḥūn.

سالحونname

1.
Sāliḥūnclassical
The common pronunciation of the village name Saylahūn.

السلحnoun

1.
chick of a partridgeboth
The young of a partridge bird.

سُلحانnoun

1.
partridge chicks (plural)both
The plural form of 'chick of a partridge'.

Parallel reading

السلاح مذكر، لأنه يجمع على أسلحة، فهذا جمع المذكر مثل حمار وأحمرة، ورداء وأردية.

Weaponry is masculine because it is pluralized as 'asliḥah', which is a masculine plural like 'ḥimār' and 'aḥmirah', and 'ridā'' and 'ardiyah'.

ويجوز تأنيثه، قال الطرماح وذكر ثورا يهز قرنه للكلاب ليطعنها به: يهز سلاحا لم يرثها كلالة * يشك بها منها أصول المغابن

And it may be treated as feminine. Al-Ṭirmāḥ said, mentioning a bull shaking its horn at dogs to gore them: 'He shakes weaponry he did not inherit from distant relatives, with which he pierces the roots of the groins.'

وتسلح الرجل: لبس السلاح.

And 'tasallaḥa al-rajul' means: he put on weapons.

ورجل سالح: معه سلاح.

And a 'sāliḥ' man means: he has weapons with him.

والمسلحة: قوم ذوو سلاح.

And 'al-maslaḥah' means: a people possessing weapons.

والمسلحة كالثغر والمرقب.

And 'al-maslaḥah' is like a frontier post and a watchtower.

كان أدنى مسالح فارس إلى العرب العذيب.

The nearest frontier posts of Persia to the Arabs was Al-'Udhayb.

بكل قياد مسنفة عنود * أضر بها المسالح والغوار

With every stubborn, high-reaching herd, harmed by the frontier guards and the raiders.

والسلاح بالضم: النجو.

And 'al-silaḥ' (with dammah on the sin) means: excrement.

وقد سلح سلحا، وأسلحه غيره.

And he has defecated, a defecation, and another caused him to defecate.

وناقة سالح: سلحت من البقل وغيره

And a 'sāliḥ' camel: it defecated from grass and other things.

والإسليح: نبت تغزر عليه ألبان الابل.

And 'al-isliḥ' is a plant upon which camel's milk becomes abundant.

الاسليح (1) ، رغوة وصريح، وسنام إطريح

'Al-isliḥ', foamy and pure, and a protruding hump.

وسليح: قبيلة من اليمن.

And 'Salīḥ' is a tribe from Yemen.

وسيلحون: قرية، والعامة تقول سالحون.

And 'Saylahūn' is a village, and the common people say 'Sāliḥūn'.

والسلح ولد الحجل، مثل السلك والسلف، والجمع سلحان.

And 'al-salḥ' is the young of the partridge, like 'al-silk' and 'al-silf', and the plural is 'sulḥān'.

وتتبعه غبر إذا ما عدا عدوا * كسلحان حجلى قمن حين يقوم

And dusty ones follow it when it runs a race, like partridge chicks that have risen when one stands up.