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سلجم

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes something tall or elongated, particularly in the context of weapons like arrows. It also extends to describe camels that are tall or slender.

Derived headwords

السَّلْجَمnoun
  1. 1.
    tall oneboth

    A tall or elongated thing.

السَّلَاجِمnoun
  1. 1.
    long-headed arrowsclassical

    Arrows that are long in their shafts and heads.

جَمَلٌ سَلْجَمnoun
  1. 1.
    tall camelboth

    A camel that is tall and slender.

سَلَاجِمnoun
  1. 1.
    tall camelsboth

    Plural of a tall or slender camel.

Parallel reading

السلجم: الطويل.
As-saljam: the tall one.
والسلاجم: سهام طوال النصال.
And as-salājim: arrows with long heads.
ويقال جمل سلجم وسلاجم بالضم، والجمع فيهما سلاجم بالفتح.
And it is said, a tall camel (jamal saljam) and tall camels (salājim with dammah), and the plural for both is salājim with fatḥah.