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زلح

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

The root Z-L-H primarily relates to concepts of falsehood, emptiness, and lightness. It extends to describe large shallow dishes and, metaphorically, a light-bodied person. The root also encompasses the act of feeding or providing sustenance.

Derived headwords

الزَّلْحnoun
  1. 1.
    falsehoodclassical

    This refers to something that is untrue, baseless, or deceitful.

الزَّلْحnoun
  1. 1.
    large shallow dishesclassical

    These are large, wide dishes that are not very deep, often used for serving food.

زَلَحَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to feed himboth

    This verb means to give food to someone or to provide sustenance.

زَلْحًاnoun
  1. 1.
    feedingboth

    The act of providing food or sustenance to someone.

تَزَلَّحَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to feed himboth

    This is an intensified form of the verb 'zalaha', meaning to feed someone or provide sustenance.

الزَّحْلَحadjective
  1. 1.
    light-bodiedclassical

    Describes someone who is physically light or agile, not heavy.

الزَّحْلَحadjective
  1. 1.
    shallowclassical

    Refers to something that lacks depth, like a shallow container or a shallow body of water.

الزَّحْلَحَةnoun
  1. 1.
    thin breadclassical

    A thin, flat piece of bread.

الزَّحْلَحَةnoun
  1. 1.
    shallow dishclassical

    A dish that is shallow or has a nearly flat bottom, lacking significant depth.

الزَّحْلَحَاتnoun
  1. 1.
    shallow dishesclassical

    The plural form of 'zalhalhah', referring to multiple shallow dishes.

Parallel reading

الزلح: الباطل
Al-zalh: falsehood.
الزلح، (بضمتين: الصحاف الكبار)
Al-zuluh (with two dammah): large dishes.
وزلحه أي الشيء، (كمنعه) ، يزلحه زلحا: (تطعمه)
And zalaha a thing (like man'a-hu), yalzahu-hu zalhan: to feed it.
وهو الصواب يوجد في بعض النسخ قطعه، (كتزلحه)
And this is correct, found in some copies as qata'a-hu (like tazalhu-hu).
والزلحلح) ، كلمة على فعلل، أصله ثلاثي ألحق ببناء الخماسي (: الخفيف الجسم.
And al-zalhalh, a word on the pattern fa'lal, its origin is triliteral, attached to the quinqueliteral pattern: light-bodied.
و) الزلحلح: (بمعنى الغير العميق)
And al-zalhalh: meaning not deep.
والزلحلحة، (بهاء: الرقيقة من الخبز.
And al-zalhalhah (with ha): the thin one of bread.
والزلحلحة: (المنبسطة من القصاع التي لا قعر لها.
And al-zalhalhah: the flat one of the bowls which has no bottom.
وقيل: قريبة القعر.
And it was said: having a shallow bottom.
قال: ثمت جاؤوا بقصاع ملس زلحلحات ظاهرات اليبس
He said: Then they brought smooth, shallow bowls, apparent in their dryness.
وذكر ابن شميل عن أبي خيرة أنه قال: الزلحلحات في باب القصاع واحد زلحلحة.
And Ibn Shumayl mentioned from Abu Khayrah that he said: Al-zalhalhat in the context of bowls is singular for zalhalhah.