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قلح

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the discoloration and accumulation of filth on teeth, often described as yellowness or blackness. It extends to related concepts like uncleanliness, aged animals, and even metaphorical meanings of being worn down or experienced.

Derived headwords

القَلَحُnoun
  1. 1.
    yellowish discoloration of teethboth

    A yellowness that covers the teeth in humans and others. It is also described as an accumulation and thickening on the teeth, which then turns black or green.

  2. 2.
    filth on teethclassical

    Yellowness on the teeth and dirt that adheres to them from prolonged neglect of the siwak (tooth-cleaning stick).

  3. 3.
    coating on teethclassical

    The coating that sticks to the mouth.

  4. 4.
    dirty garmentclassical

    A dirty garment.

قَلِحَverb
  1. 1.
    to have discolored teethboth

    To have yellowness or filth on one's teeth.

  2. 2.
    to treat teethboth

    To treat one's teeth for discoloration or filth.

  3. 3.
    to treat an animalclassical

    To treat a man or a camel for their condition (referring to القلح).

قَلْحَاءُadjective
  1. 1.
    woman with discolored teethboth

    A woman who has yellowness or filth on her teeth.

قُلَحٌnoun
  1. 1.
    discolored teeth (plural)classical

    The plural of قلحاء, referring to women with discolored teeth.

القَلَاحُnoun
  1. 1.
    greenish teeth of camelsclassical

    The greenish color of camels' teeth, used as an analogy.

قَلَحَverb
  1. 1.
    to treat teethboth

    To treat one's teeth for القلح (discoloration/filth).

  2. 2.
    to treat an animalclassical

    To treat a man or a camel for their condition.

قَلِحٌadjective
  1. 1.
    having dirty garmentsclassical

    One who wears dirty garments, described as قلح.

الأَقْلَحُadjective
  1. 1.
    beetleclassical

    The scarab beetle, named for the filth in its mouth.

  2. 2.
    aged donkeyclassical

    An old donkey.

الأَقْلَحُname
  1. 1.
    Al-Aqlaḥ al-Bukhariclassical

    A hadith narrator from Bukhara.

  2. 2.
    ʿĀṣim ibn Thābit ibn Abī al-Aqlaḥclassical

    A Companion of the Prophet Muhammad.

تَقَلَّحَverb
  1. 1.
    to gain in arid landsclassical

    To gain sustenance in arid lands and to patch things up in fertile lands.

  2. 2.
    to become dirtyclassical

    A woman becomes dirty (her clothes) when her husband is absent.

القُلْحُمُnoun
  1. 1.
    aged personclassical

    An aged person.

مُقَلَّحٌadjective
  1. 1.
    worn down and experiencedclassical

    A man who is worn down, experienced, and tested.

Parallel reading

صفرة تعلو الأسنان في الناس وغيرهم.
A yellowness that covers the teeth in humans and others.
وقيل هو أن تكثر على الأسنان وتغلظ ثم تسود أو تخضر.
And it is said to be when it becomes abundant and thick on the teeth, then turns black or green.
هو صفرة في الأسنان ووسخ يركبها من طول ترك السواك.
It is yellowness on the teeth and dirt that adheres to them from prolonged neglect of the siwak.
فإذا كثرت وغلخظت واسودت واخضرت فهو القلح.
And when it becomes abundant, thick, black, or green, it is al-qalaḥ.
القلح صفرة أسنان الإنسان، وخضرة أسنان الإبل.
Al-qalaḥ is the yellowness of human teeth, and the greenness of camel teeth.
وهو اللطاخ الذي يلزق بالثغر.
And it is the coating that sticks to the mouth.
وقد قلح، كفرح، قلحا.
And he had قلح (discolored teeth), as in فرح (he rejoiced), a قلح (discoloration).
والمرأة قلحاء، وجمعها قلح.
And the woman is قلحاء (having discolored teeth), and her plural is قلح.
قد بنى اللؤم عليهم بيته وفشا فيهم مع اللؤم القلح.
Baseness has built its house upon them, and with baseness, al-qalaḥ has spread among them.
وقلح الرجل والبعير: عالج قلحهما.
And قلح a man and a camel means: he treated their قلح (discoloration/filth).
عود يقلح، أي تنقى أسنانه وتعالج من القلح.
A stick that is used to treat, meaning his teeth are cleaned and treated for al-qalaḥ.
والقلح بالكسر: الثوب الوسخ.
And al-qalaḥ (with kasra) means: the dirty garment.
وللمتلبس به قلح كفرح، قاله شمر.
And one who wears it (a dirty garment) is قلح (as in فرح), said Shammir.
والقلح بالفتح: الحمار المسن.
And al-qalaḥ (with fatha) means: the aged donkey.
الأقلح الجعل لقذر في فيه، صفة غالبة.
Al-aqlaḥ is the scarab beetle, due to filth in its mouth, a prevailing description.
تقلح فلان البلاد تعقلحا: تكسب فيها في الجدب وترقعها في الخصب.
So-and-so تقلح (gained sustenance) in the lands, meaning he gained in arid lands and patched things up in fertile lands.
أن المرأة إذا غاب زوجها تقلحت أي توسخت ثيابها ولم تتعهد نفسها وثيابها بالتنظيف.
That when a woman's husband is absent, she تقلحت, meaning her clothes became dirty and she did not attend to herself and her clothes with cleaning.
رجل مقلح، أي مذلل مجرب.
A man is مقلح, meaning worn down and experienced.