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جلخ

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes the action of filling, particularly a valley or wadi, often by a flood or torrent. It also relates to the resulting state of being full or wide, and the agent causing this filling.

Derived headwords

جَلَخَverb
  1. 1.
    to fillboth

    The verb signifies the action of a torrent or flood filling a valley.

يَجْلَخُهُverb
  1. 1.
    it fills itboth

    The present tense form of the verb, indicating the ongoing action of filling.

جَلْخًاnoun
  1. 1.
    fillingboth

    The verbal noun (masdar) denoting the act or process of filling, specifically a valley by a torrent.

سَيْلٌ جَلَّاخٌadjective
  1. 1.
    filling torrentclassical

    An adjective describing a torrent that fills a valley.

جَلَّاحٌnoun
  1. 1.
    earth-moverclassical

    A noun referring to something that moves or excavates earth, specifically a large flood or torrent that causes significant erosion and filling.

الجُلْوَاخُnoun
  1. 1.
    wide, full valleyclassical

    A noun denoting a valley that is wide and filled, likely with water or sediment.

Parallel reading

جلخ السيل الوادي يجلخه جلخا
The torrent filled the valley, filling it with a filling.
فهو سيل جلاخ
And it is a filling torrent.
وأما الجلاح بالحاء غير معجمة، فهو الجراف
As for al-jallāḥ (with ḥāʾ not dotted), it is the earth-mover/excavator.
والجلواخ: الوادي الواسع الممتلئ
And al-julwākh: the wide, full valley.