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صلع

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

The root 'صلع' primarily describes baldness or hair loss on the head. It extends to describe barrenness or lack of growth in plants and land, and metaphorically, a sharp or cunning person.

Derived headwords

صَلِعَverb
  1. 1.
    baldnessboth

    baldness

أَصْلَعَadjective
  1. 1.
    one whose hair has receded from the front of his head (bald)both

    one whose hair has receded from the front of his head (bald)

صَلَعnoun
  1. 1.
    baldnessboth

    baldness

صَلْعَةnoun
  1. 1.
    the place of baldnessboth

    the place of baldness

صُلْعَةnoun
  1. 1.
    the place of baldnessboth

    the place of baldness

صَلْعَاءadjective
  1. 1.
    bald (plant)classical

    Describing a plant whose branch tops have fallen off.

  2. 2.
    shrewd, cunningclassical

    Describing a cunning or astute person.

  3. 3.
    barren (sand)classical

    Describing a stretch of sand that has no trees or vegetation.

أُصَيْليِعadjective
  1. 1.
    slender-necked (snake)classical

    Describing a snake that has a thin neck, as if its head were a small nut.

صُلَاعnoun
  1. 1.
    bushy treeclassical

    A wide or bushy tree.

صَلَاعَةnoun
  1. 1.
    bushy treeclassical

    A wide or bushy tree.

صَلَعnoun
  1. 1.
    baldnessboth

    baldness

Parallel reading

رجل أصلع بين الصلع، وهو الذي انحسر شعر مقدم رأسه
A bald man among the bald, and he is one whose hair has receded from the front of his head.
وموضعه الصلعة بالتحريك
And its place is the 'sal'ah' (bald spot) with harakah.
وكذلك الصلعة بالضم
And likewise the 'sul'ah' (bald spot) with dammah.
وعرفطة صلعاء: سقطت رءوس أغصانها
And a 'urfatah' (a type of tree) is 'ṣal'ā'' (bald): the tops of its branches have fallen off.
والصلعاء: الداهية
And 'al-ṣal'ā'' (the cunning one): the shrewd person.
والصلعاء من الرمال: ما ليس فيه شجر
And 'al-ṣal'ā'' (the barren stretch) of sands: that which has no trees in it.
والأصيلع من الحيات: الدقيق العنق، كأن رأسه بندقة
And 'al-uṣayli' (the slender-necked one) from snakes: the thin-necked one, as if its head were a small nut.
والصلاع بالضم والتشديد: العريض من الشجر، الواحدة صلاعة
And 'al-ṣulāc' (bushy tree) with dammah and shaddah: the wide one among trees, the singular is 'ṣalācah'.
وكذلك الصلع، كأنه مقصور منه
And likewise 'al-ṣala' (bushy tree), as if it were shortened from it.
قال الأصمعي: الصلع: الموضع الذي لا ينبت
Al-Aṣma'ī said: 'Al-ṣala' (barren place): the place where nothing grows.
وأصله من صلع الرأس
And its origin is from the baldness of the head.