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صلمح

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to the head or neck area, with specific derived forms describing a bald head or a shaved neck. The entry notes the addition of the letter 'lam' as potentially extraneous.

Derived headwords

صَلْمَحَverb
  1. 1.
    to shave the headclassical

    To shave or make the head bald.

مُصَلْمَحَةُ الرَّأْسِadjective
  1. 1.
    bald-headedclassical

    A female slave or young woman whose head is bald, lacking hair.

Parallel reading

صلمح رأسه
He shaved his head.
بزيادة اللام: حلقه
With the addition of the 'lam': his neck.
جارية مصلمحة الرأس: زعراء
A female slave with a bald head: hairless.
لا شعر برأسها
She has no hair on her head.
وهاذه المادة ملحقة بما بعدها لكون أن اللام زائدة على الصواب
And this entry is attached to what follows because the 'lam' is superfluous, correctly speaking.