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سلقع

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes desolate, barren, and empty places. It also extends to describe lightning and the shimmering heat of pebbles under the sun.

Derived headwords

السُّلَقْعnoun
  1. 1.
    desolate placeclassical

    A barren and desolate location, often described as following or being similar to a 'balqa'' (a barren place).

سَلَنْقَعnoun
  1. 1.
    lightningclassical

    Refers to lightning.

اسْلَنْقَعَverb
  1. 1.
    to shimmer (heat)classical

    Used to describe pebbles or stones that become intensely hot and shimmer under the sun.

Parallel reading

المكان الحَزْن
The desolate place.
ويقال هو إتباع لبلقع لا يُفرد
And it is said to be a follow-up to 'balqa'' (a barren place) and is not used alone.
بَلْقَع سُلَقْع
A barren, desolate place.
وبَلاقع سَلاقع
And barren, desolate places.
وهى الارض التى لا شئ بها
And it is the land that has nothing in it.
والسَّلَنْقَع: البرق
And 'as-salanqa'' is lightning.
وإذا حميت عليه الشمس: اسْلَنْقَعَ بالبريق
And when the sun heats it intensely: it (the pebble) shimmers with brightness.