ملح

Root entry · 45 derived lemmas

The root ملح (malḥa) primarily relates to salt and saltiness, extending to the taste of water and food. It also encompasses concepts of beauty, nourishment (especially milk), and specific physical attributes or conditions in animals and objects.

Derived headwords

الملحnoun

1.
saltboth
The well-known substance used for seasoning and preservation.
2.
milkclassical
Refers to milk, particularly in the context of nourishment or sustenance.

ملحناverb

1.
we nursedclassical
The first-person plural past tense of the verb meaning to nurse or give milk.

ملحverb

1.
salty waterboth
salty water
2.
it was good, beautifulboth
it was good, beautiful
3.
he put salt in the pot in moderationboth
he put salt in the pot in moderation

أملحverb

1.
if its hair is mixed, i.e., mixed white and blackboth
if its hair is mixed, i.e., mixed white and black

التمليحnoun

1.
saltingboth
The act of adding salt, often excessively, to the point of spoiling.

ملحتverb

1.
they fed salt-rich plantsclassical
The third-person feminine plural past tense of feeding livestock plants from salty ground.

يملحverb

1.
it is saltyboth
The third-person masculine singular present tense of water being salty.

ملحadjective

1.
salty waterboth
salty water
2.
it was good, beautifulboth
it was good, beautiful
3.
he put salt in the pot in moderationboth
he put salt in the pot in moderation

ملوحةnoun

1.
saltinessboth
The quality or state of being salty.

ماء ملحnoun

1.
salty waterboth
Water that has a salty taste.

أملحتverb

1.
they drank salty waterboth
The third-person feminine plural past tense of camels or livestock drinking from salty water.

المملحةnoun

1.
what salt is put in (salt shaker)both
what salt is put in (salt shaker)

نبت ملحnoun

1.
salt-tolerant plantclassical
A plant that grows in salty soil, often used as fodder.

مالحadjective

1.
salty (inferior usage)classical
Used to describe something salty, though considered a less correct form than 'ملح'.
2.
salt-tolerant plantclassical
A plant that grows in salty soil.

ملحverb

1.
salty waterboth
salty water
2.
it was good, beautifulboth
it was good, beautiful
3.
he put salt in the pot in moderationboth
he put salt in the pot in moderation

ملوحةnoun

1.
beautyboth
The quality of being beautiful or attractive.

ملاحةnoun

1.
beautyboth
The quality of being beautiful or attractive.
2.
navigationmodern
The art or science of navigating ships or aircraft.

مليحadjective

1.
good, beautifulboth
good, beautiful
2.
its water is saltyboth
its water is salty
3.
salted fishboth
salted fish

ملاحadjective

1.
with damma, lightenedboth
with damma, lightened
2.
plural of malīḥ, with kasraboth
plural of malīḥ, with kasra

استملحهverb

1.
he considered it beautifulboth
he considered it beautiful

ملاحnoun

1.
with damma, lightenedboth
with damma, lightened
2.
plural of malīḥ, with kasraboth
plural of malīḥ, with kasra

ملاحnoun

1.
with damma, lightenedboth
with damma, lightened
2.
plural of malīḥ, with kasraboth
plural of malīḥ, with kasra

ملاحnoun

1.
with damma, lightenedboth
with damma, lightened
2.
plural of malīḥ, with kasraboth
plural of malīḥ, with kasra

ملاحadjective

1.
with damma, lightenedboth
with damma, lightened
2.
plural of malīḥ, with kasraboth
plural of malīḥ, with kasra

ملاحيnoun

1.
white grapesclassical
A type of white grape with elongated berries.

الملحاءnoun

1.
middle backclassical
The part of the back between the shoulders and the rump.
2.
a military unitclassical
A specific military troop or battalion belonging to the آل المنذر.

مملوحadjective

1.
salted fishboth
salted fish

ملح الشاعرverb

1.
the poet produced something beautifulclassical
A poetic expression for a poet creating something excellent or beautiful.

ما أميلحinterjection

1.
how beautifulclassical
An expression of admiration, similar to 'how beautiful is X'.

الممالحةnoun

1.
eating togetherclassical
The act of eating meals together.
2.
nursingclassical
The act of breastfeeding or suckling.

الملحnoun

1.
swelling (in horse's leg)classical
A swelling in the hock of a horse, less severe than 'al-jaradh'.

الملحةnoun

1.
one of the pleasant sayingsboth
one of the pleasant sayings
2.
a white mixed with blackboth
a white mixed with black

أملحadjective

1.
if its hair is mixed, i.e., mixed white and blackboth
if its hair is mixed, i.e., mixed white and black

املحاحاnoun

1.
becoming mixed-coloredclassical
The process or state of a ram becoming 'amlaḥ' (mixed white and black).

ملحانnoun

1.
winter monthsclassical
A name for certain winter months, referring to the whiteness of their snow.

أملح العينadjective

1.
bluish-white eyedclassical
Having eyes that are a very pale blue, almost white.

كتيبة ملحاءnoun

1.
mixed-colored battalionclassical
A military unit characterized by a mixture of colors, possibly in their banners or attire.

الملاحيnoun

1.
white grapes (plural)classical
A type of white grape with elongated berries.

ملاحيةnoun

1.
white grapes (singular cluster)classical
A cluster of the white grapes known as 'malāḥī'.

الملحاءnoun

1.
middle of the backclassical
The area of the back between the shoulders and the loin.

الملاحnoun

1.
more beautiful than al-malīḥboth
more beautiful than al-malīḥ
2.
the owner of the ship, the sailorboth
the owner of the ship, the sailor

الملاحةnoun

1.
salt marsh, salt panboth
salt marsh, salt pan

الملاحnoun

1.
more beautiful than al-malīḥboth
more beautiful than al-malīḥ
2.
the owner of the ship, the sailorboth
the owner of the ship, the sailor

مليحname

1.
good, beautifulboth
good, beautiful
2.
its water is saltyboth
its water is salty
3.
salted fishboth
salted fish

الاملاحname

1.
a place nameclassical
A location mentioned in poetry.

Parallel reading

وأنشد الأصمعي لأبي الطمحان، وكانت له إبل فسقى قوما من ألبانها، ثم إنهم أغاروا عليها فأخذوها، فقال: وإني لأرجو ملحها في بطونكم * وما بسطت من جلد أشعث أغبرا

Al-Asma'i recited for Abu al-Tumhan, who had camels and gave some of their milk to a people. Then they raided and took his camels, and he said: 'And I hope for its milk (nourishment) in your bellies * and what I spread from the skin of a dusty, grimy one.'

ملحنا لفلان ملحا: أرضعناه

We nursed so-and-so; we gave him milk.

ملحت القدر أملحها ملحا، إذا طرحت فيها من الملح بقدر

You salted the pot, you added salt to it, when you put a suitable amount of salt in it.

وأملحت القدر، إذا أكثرت فيها الملح حتى فسدت

And you over-salted the pot, when you put too much salt in it until it was spoiled.

ملحت الماشية ملحا: أطعمتها سبخة الملح، وذلك إذا لم تقدر على الحمض فأطعمتها هذا مكانه

The livestock were fed salt-rich plants; you fed them the salty ground, which is when you cannot find sour fodder and feed them this instead.

ملح الماء يملح ملوحا، وكذلك ملح بالضم ملوحة، فهو ماء ملح، ولا يقال مالح إلا في لغة ردية

Water becomes salty, it tastes salty, and likewise it becomes salty with saltiness; it is salty water. And 'māliḥ' is only said in a poor dialect.

وأملحت الإبل: وردت ماء ملحا

And the camels drank salty water: they arrived at salty water.

يقال نبت ملح ومالح للحمض

It is said that 'nabt malḥ' and 'māliḥ' refer to sour fodder (plants growing in salty soil).

ملح الشئ بالضم يملح ملوحة وملاحة أي حسن، فهو مليح وملاح بالضم مخفف

Something becomes beautiful, it possesses beauty and comeliness, meaning it is beautiful. It is 'malīḥ' and 'mallāḥ' (lightened).

واستملحه: عده مليحا

And you found it beautiful: you considered it beautiful.

وقليب مليح، أي ماؤه ملح

And a well is beautiful, meaning its water is salty.

كأن مؤشر العضدين حجلا * هدوجا بين أقلبة ملاح

As if the markings of the two upper arms were anklets * moving between beautiful wells.

وسمك مليح ومملوح، ولا يقال مالح

And fish is beautiful and salted, and 'māliḥ' is not said.

ملحت الجزور: سمنت قليلا

The camel became slightly fat: it gained a little weight.

بقية لحم من جزور مملح

Remains of meat from a slightly fattened camel.

ويقال أيضا: ملح الشاعر، إذا أتى بشئ مليح

And it is also said: the poet excelled, if he produced something beautiful.

ويقولون: ما أميلح زيدا

And they say: How beautiful is Zayd!

ياما أميلح غزلانا عطون لنا * من هؤلياء بين الضال والسمر

Oh, how beautiful are the gazelles that come to us * from those between the acacia and the lote tree.

والممالحة: المؤاكلة والرضاع أيضا

And 'al-mumālaḥah': eating together and nursing also.

والملح، بالتحريك: ورم في عرقوب الفرس دون الجرذ، فإن اشتد فهو الجرذ

And 'al-malḥ' (with harakah): a swelling in the hock of a horse, less than 'al-jaradh'; if it intensifies, it is 'al-jaradh'.

والملحة بالضم: واحدة الملح من الأحاديث

And 'al-milḥah' (with dammah): one piece of news from the hadith.

نلت بالملح

I attained it through news.

والملحة أيضا من الالوان: بياض يخالطه سواد

And 'al-milḥah' also, from colors: whiteness mixed with blackness.

يقال كبش أملح وتيس أملح، إذا كان شعره خليسا

It is said a ram is 'amlaḥ' and a goat is 'amlaḥ', if its hair is mixed (white and black).

وقد املح الكبش املحاحا: صار أملح

And the ram became 'amlaḥ' (mixed-colored): it became mixed-colored.

ويقال لبعض شهور الشتاء: " ملحان " لبياض ثلجه

And some winter months are called 'Malḥān' because of the whiteness of their snow.

والزرقة إذا اشتدت حتى تضرب إلى البياض قيل: هو أملح العين

And when blueness intensifies until it leans towards whiteness, it is said: he has 'amlaḥ al-'ayn' (bluish-white eyes).

وإنا نضرب الملحاء حتى * تولى والسيوف لها شهود

And we strike the 'milḥā'' (mixed-colored ones/battalion) until * it turns away and the swords bear witness.

أقامت به حد الربيع وجارها * أخو سلوة مسى به الليل أملح

It stayed with it through the peak of spring and its neighbor * a companion of ease, the night fell upon it with dew (whiteness).

ومن تعاجيب خلق الله غاطية * يعصر منها ملاحى وغربيب

And among the wonders of God's creation is the 'ghāṭiyah' * from which 'malāḥī' (white grapes) and 'gharbīb' (dark grapes) are pressed.

وقد لاح في الصبح الثريا كما ترى * كعنقود ملاحية حين نورا

And the Pleiades have appeared in the morning as you see * like a cluster of 'malāḥiyyah' (white grapes) when it shone.

والملحاء: وسط الظهر ما بين الكاهل والعجز

And 'al-milḥā'': the middle of the back, between the shoulder blades and the rump.

تدور رحى الملحاء في الأمر ذي البزل

The millstone of 'al-milḥā'' (the battalion) turns in the matter of the distinguished one.

والملاح: صاحب السفينة

And 'al-mallaḥ': the owner of the ship.

والملاحة أيضا: منبت الملح

And 'al-malāḥah' also: the place where salt grows.

والملاح بالضم والتشديد، من نبات الحمض

And 'al-mallāḥ' (with dammah and shaddah), is from the plants of sour fodder.

والملاح أيضا أملح من المليح

And 'al-mallāḥ' is also more beautiful than 'al-malīḥ'.

ومليح مصغر: حى من خزاعة، والنسبة إليهم ملحى، مثال هذلي

And 'Malīḥ' (diminutive): a tribe of Khuza'ah, and the attribution to them is 'Malḥī', like 'Hudhalī'.

عفا من آل ليلى السه‍ * ب فالاملاح فالغمر

The plains of Layla have become desolate, * then Al-Amalāḥ, then Al-Ghamr.