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سلحف

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the turtle and tortoise, encompassing its singular form, plural, and related descriptive terms. It also touches upon linguistic analysis of its formation.

Derived headwords

السُّلَحْفَاةnoun
  1. 1.
    turtle (with fatha on the lām)both

    turtle (with fatha on the lām)

السَّلَاحِفnoun
  1. 1.
    turtlesboth

    The plural form of السلحفاة, referring to multiple turtles or tortoises.

سُلَحْفِيَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    turtle-likeclassical

    A term described as being in the pattern of بلهنية, considered an augmented quinqueliteral (خماسي) with an added alif, which became a ya' due to the preceding kasra.

Parallel reading

السلحفاة بفتح اللام، واحدة السلاحف.
The turtle, with a fatha on the lam, is the singular of the turtles.
وحكى الرؤاسى: سلحفية، مثال بلهنية، وهو ملحق بالخماسى بألف، وإنما صارت ياء لكسرة ما قبلها.
And Ar-Ru'asi narrated: Sulahfiyyah, like Ballahaniyyah, and it is attached to the quinqueliteral (five-letter root) with an alif, and it became a ya' because of the kasra before it.