صلم

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of being cut off, severed, or removed, particularly related to ears. It extends to the idea of complete eradication or destruction, and metaphorically to severe or calamitous events.

Derived headwords

أَصْلَمُadjective

1.
earlessclassical
Describing a man who is born without ears, or whose ears have been completely removed.

صُلِمَتْverb

1.
to be earlessclassical
The passive form of the verb, indicating that the ears were removed or absent.

أَصْلَمَهَاverb

1.
to remove its earsclassical
The active form of the verb, meaning to cause the ears to be removed or to be absent.

صَلْمًاnoun

1.
severing of earsclassical
The act of removing or severing the ears.

مُصَلَّمُ الأُذُنَيْنِadjective

1.
having ears cut offclassical
Describing someone whose ears have been cut off from their roots.

الظَّلِيمُnoun

1.
ostrichclassical
The ostrich is referred to as 'مصلم الأذنين' (having ears cut off), implying it is naturally born without prominent ears.

الصَّلَامَةُnoun

1.
group of peopleclassical
A company or group of people.

الصَّلَامَاتُnoun

1.
groups, companiesclassical
Plural of الصلامة, referring to multiple groups or companies of people.

الصَّيْلَمُnoun

1.
calamityclassical
A severe misfortune or disaster.
2.
swordclassical
A sword, likely due to its sharp and destructive nature.

الاصْطِلَامُnoun

1.
eradication, uprootingboth
eradication, uprooting

Parallel reading

رجل أصلم، إذا كان مستأصل الاذنين.

A man is 'aslam' if his ears are completely removed.

وقد صلمت أذنه أصلمها صلما، إذا استأصلتها.

And his ear was 'sulimat' (removed), I 'aslamuha' (removed it) with 'salman' (severing).

ورجل مصلم الاذنين، إذا اقتطعتا من أصولهما.

And a man is 'musallam al-udhunayn' if they (the ears) are cut off from their roots.

ويقال للظليم مصلم الأذنين، كأنه مستأصل الأذنين خلقة.

And the ostrich is called 'musallam al-udhunayn', as if it were naturally born with its ears removed.

والصلامة بالكسر: الفرقة من الناس.

And 'as-salamah' (with kasra) is a group of people.

والصلامات: الجماعات والفرق.

And 'as-salamāt' are the groups and companies.

والصيلم: الداهية.

And 'as-saylam' is a calamity.

ويسمى السيف صيلما.

And the sword is called 'saylaman'.

غضبت تميم أن تقتل عامر يوم النسار فأعتبوا بالصيلم

Tamim became angry that 'Amir was killed on the day of An-Nusar, so they appeased (the situation) with the 'saylam' (calamity/sword).

والاصطلام: الاستئصال.

And 'al-istilam' is eradication.