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صلفع

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with striking the neck, leading to concepts of destruction, ruin, and financial ruin or bankruptcy.

Derived headwords

صَلْفَعَverb
  1. 1.
    to strike the neckboth

    To strike someone on the neck, often implying a forceful blow.

الصَّلْفَعَةُnoun
  1. 1.
    striking the neckboth

    The act of striking someone on the neck.

  2. 2.
    destruction, ruinclassical

    The state of being destroyed or ruined; utter destruction.

صَلْفَعَverb
  1. 1.
    to become bankruptclassical

    To become financially ruined or bankrupt.

سَلْقَعَverb
  1. 1.
    to become bankruptclassical

    To become financially ruined or bankrupt, similar to صَلْفَعَ.

Parallel reading

صلفع علاوته، بالفاء والقاف جميعا، أي ضرب عنقه.
Salfa'a 'alawatahu, with fa' and qaf both, meaning he struck his neck.
والصلفعة أيضا: الإعدام.
And al-salfa'ah also means destruction/ruin.
يقال: صلفع الرجل، إذا أفلس، بالفاء والقاف
It is said: Salfa'a the man, if he became bankrupt, with fa' and qaf.
وكذلك السلقعة بالسين والقاف.
And likewise al-salqa'ah with sin and qaf.