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ملخ

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns rapid movement, forceful action, and extraction or removal. It extends to concepts of traversing land, engaging in futile pursuits, and the physical act of pulling or tearing something out.

Derived headwords

مَلَخَverb
  1. 1.
    to move swiftlyboth

    To travel or move at a high speed, often implying covering a significant distance.

  2. 2.
    to traverse landclassical

    To go far into the land, covering a wide area.

مَلْخَةnoun
  1. 1.
    a good stretchclassical

    A significant distance covered, particularly in travel or movement.

مَلَخَverb
  1. 1.
    to engage in futilityclassical

    To be deeply involved in or frequently engage in falsehood or futile pursuits.

امْتَلَخَverb
  1. 1.
    to pull outboth

    To extract or pull something out forcefully, such as a tooth or an eye.

  2. 2.
    to unsheatheboth

    To draw a sword from its sheath.

مُمْتَلِخadjective
  1. 1.
    bereft of reasonclassical

    Someone whose intellect or reason has been taken away or removed.

مَلِيخadjective
  1. 1.
    dry and tastelessclassical

    Describing meat that is dry and lacks flavor, similar to 'maseekh'.

مَلَاخَةnoun
  1. 1.
    dryness, tastelessnessclassical

    The state of being dry and tasteless, particularly referring to meat.

تَجْلِيخnoun
  1. 1.
    swift movementclassical

    The act of moving swiftly or rapidly, often used in the context of travel.

مَلَّقَverb
  1. 1.
    from the verb ṭaribaboth

    from the verb ṭariba

  2. 2.
    gives with his tongue what is not in his heartboth

    gives with his tongue what is not in his heart

مَلَقnoun
  1. 1.
    from the verb ṭaribaboth

    from the verb ṭariba

  2. 2.
    gives with his tongue what is not in his heartboth

    gives with his tongue what is not in his heart

يَمْلَخُverb
  1. 1.
    to be immersed inclassical

    To be deeply involved in or frequently engage in falsehood or futile pursuits.

Parallel reading

الملخ: السير الشديد.
Al-malakh: swift travel.
وملخ القوم ملخة صالحة، إذا أبعدوا في الارض.
And the people traveled a good stretch, meaning they went far into the land.
معتزم التجليخ ملاخ الملق
Intent on swift movement across the level ground.
والملق: ما استوى من الارض.
And al-malq: what is level of the land.
وفلان يملخ في الباطل ملخا: يتردد فيه ويكثر منه.
And so-and-so engages in falsehood with much repetition: he frequents it and does much of it.
وامتلخ فلان ضرسه، أي نزعه.
And so-and-so pulled out his tooth, meaning he extracted it.
وامتلخ العقاب عينه: انتزعتها.
And the eagle snatched its eye: it tore it out.
وفلان ممتلخ العقل، أي منتزع العقل.
And so-and-so is bereft of reason, meaning his reason is taken away.
وامتلخت السيف: انتضيته.
And I drew the sword: I unsheathed it.
والمليخ من اللحم مثل المسيخ.
And al-malykh of meat is like al-maseekh.
وقد ملخ بالضم ملاخة.
And he experienced dryness with the pronunciation of 'malakha' (with dammah), meaning dryness.