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صلطح

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes something wide, broad, or expansive, often in a physical sense. It can refer to the width of a woman, the expanse of a plain, or the broadness of an object like a sword or a place. It also carries connotations of being large or bulky.

Derived headwords

الصِّلْطَحnoun
  1. 1.
    large, bulkyboth

    Referring to a woman who is large and bulky in build.

  2. 2.
    wide, broadboth

    Describing a woman who is wide or broad in her physical features.

اِتَّسَعَverb
  1. 1.
    to widen, to expandmodern

    To become wide or expansive, referring to a plain or a large area.

واصلنطحت البطحاء: اتسعت — And the plain expanded: it became wide.
مُصَلَّنْطَحadjective
  1. 1.
    wide, broadboth

    Describing something that is wide or broad, such as a plain or a sword.

أنت ابن مصلنطح البطاح — You are the son of the wide plains
الصَّلَاطِحnoun
  1. 1.
    wide, broadboth

    Referring to something that is wide or broad, used for places or objects.

مكان صلاطح — a wide place
الصُّلُوطَحnoun
  1. 1.
    wide, broadclassical

    A term for something wide or broad, possibly referring to a wide expanse or valley.

بطن الصلوطح — the wide belly (of a valley or expanse)

Parallel reading

الصلطح: الضخم، وبهاء: العريضة من النساء.
Al-Siltah: the bulky, and Biha': the wide (of women).
واصلنطحت البطحاء: اتسعت
And the plain expanded: it became wide.
أنت ابن مصلنطح البطاح
You are the son of the wide plains
نصل مصلطح، أي عريض.
A wide sword, meaning broad.
مكان صلاطح، أي عريض.
A wide place, meaning broad.
صلاطح بلاطح
Wide, expansive
إني بعيني إذا أمت حمولهم بطن الصلوطح لا ينظرن من تبعا صلفح
By my eyes, when their burdens are fulfilled, the wide expanse (of the valley) will not look from Taba' to Salfah.