ملح

Root entry · 39 derived lemmas

The root ملح primarily relates to saltiness, but extends to concepts of seasoning, preservation, and by extension, beauty, charm, and pleasantness. It also encompasses geographical locations and specific types of plants or features.

Derived headwords

مَلَحَverb

1.
to be saltyboth
To possess the quality of saltiness.

مَلِحٌadjective

1.
saltyboth
Having the taste or characteristic of salt.

مَلْحnoun

1.
saltboth
The common salt, sodium chloride, used as a seasoning and preservative.
2.
milkclassical
A term for milk, as reported by Ibn al-A'rabi.
3.
blessingclassical
A term for blessing or abundance, often used in a negative context when absent.
4.
place nameclassical
A name for a place, specifically mentioned as a location in Khurasan.

مَلُحَverb

1.
to be pleasantboth
To be agreeable, charming, or beautiful.

مَلِيحٌadjective

1.
pleasant, charmingboth
Possessing beauty, charm, or agreeableness.
2.
gentle, forbearingclassical
Describing someone as mild-mannered, patient, or forbearing.
3.
settled, depositedclassical
Referring to something that has settled or been deposited, like sediment.

أَمْلَحَverb

1.
to give salty waterclassical
To give camels salty water to drink.
2.
to make charmingboth
To make oneself or something else appear charming or beautiful.

مَلَّحَverb

1.
to rub with saltclassical
To rub the gums of livestock with salt.

مَمْلُوحٌadjective

1.
saltedboth
Having been seasoned or preserved with salt.
2.
charming, pleasantboth
Possessing a pleasing or attractive quality.
3.
blessedclassical
Having received blessing or abundance.

مَلْحَةnoun

1.
a little bitclassical
A small amount or portion, especially of something desirable like spring rain.
2.
place nameclassical
A place name, mentioned with the pronunciation 'mulḥah' (with dammah).
3.
suckling (infant)classical
Refers to a suckling infant, specifically in the context of a hadith about not forbidding a suckling and two sucklings.

مَلْحَاءadjective

1.
streaked, stripedboth
Describing something with white and black stripes or streaks, like a garment.

مَلِيحname

1.
proper name (water)classical
The name of a water source in Yamama, belonging to Banu Taym.
2.
proper name (person)both
A name of individuals, including a poet and ancestors of companions.

أَمْلَحَانname

1.
place nameclassical
A place name, identified as two water sources belonging to the tribe of Dabbeh.

مَمَالِحname

1.
place nameclassical
A place name located in the territories of the Kalb tribe, known for a meadow.

أَمْلَحnoun

1.
dewclassical
Dew that falls on plants at night, so named for its whiteness.

مَمْلَاحname

1.
village nameclassical
The name of a village in Zabid, to which a judge was attributed.

مُسْتَمْلَحadjective

1.
pleasing, attractiveboth
Describing actions or things that are pleasing, charming, or attractive.

تَمَلَّحَverb

1.
to act charminglyboth
To behave in a way that is perceived as charming or witty, often with an element of affectation.

مَلْحِيّadjective

1.
related to saltboth
Pertaining to salt, or derived from salt.
2.
place name suffixboth
Used as a nisba (attribution) to a place name, indicating origin or association.

مِلْحِيَّةname

1.
village nameclassical
The name of a village in Upper Egypt, known for its palm trees.
2.
rebellion groupclassical
A group of people who revolted against Al-Mustansir Al-Alawi, the ruler of Egypt.

مَلِيحَةname

1.
proper name (person)both
A name of individuals, including a female ancestor of a companion.

مَلْحَمَةnoun

1.
epic battleclassical
A great battle or conflict, often implying a large-scale and significant engagement.

مُقَاتَلَةnoun

1.
fighting, combatboth
The act of fighting or engaging in combat.

مُضَارَبَةnoun

1.
trading, speculationboth
The act of trading or engaging in financial speculation.

مُخَابَزَةnoun

1.
sharing breadclassical
The act of sharing or eating bread together.

مَلْحَتَانnoun

1.
two sucklingsclassical
The dual form of 'malḥah', referring to two suckling infants.

مَلِيحُ بْنِ الْجَرَّاحname

1.
proper name (person)classical
The name of a person, brother of Wakee'.

حَرَامُ بْنُ مِلْحَانname

1.
proper name (person)classical
The name of a person, maternal uncle of Anas ibn Malik.

مَمَالِحَانnoun

1.
two who sharpenclassical
A proverbial term for two people who outwardly appear to be sharpening each other (cooperating) but are inwardly opposed.

مَلْحِيّname

1.
proper name (person)classical
A nisba indicating association with salt or a place named Malh, applied to a poet.

مَلِيحُ بْنِ طَرِيفname

1.
proper name (person)classical
The name of a poet.

مَسْعُودُ بْنُ رَبِيعَةَ الْمِلْحِيّname

1.
proper name (person)classical
The name of a companion, attributed to Banu Mulayh ibn al-Hawn.

مَلِيحُ بْنُ الْهُونname

1.
proper name (tribe/clan)classical
The name of a clan or lineage.

إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مَلِيحٍ السلميname

1.
proper name (person)classical
The name of a person who is mentioned.

فَاطِمَةُ بِنْتُ نَعْجَةَ بْنِ مَلِيحٍ الْخُزَاعِيَّةname

1.
proper name (person)classical
The name of a woman, mother of Sa'id ibn Zayd.

يُوسُفُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مَلِيحٍname

1.
proper name (person)classical
The name of a person who narrated hadith.

الْأَقْلَحُ الْأَمْلَحُadjective

1.
salty and whiteclassical
A descriptive phrase referring to someone with white and black features, possibly related to age or appearance.

الْمَلِيحُadjective

1.
gentle, forbearingclassical
Describing someone as mild-mannered, patient, or forbearing.

الْمِلْحُname

1.
place nameclassical
A place name in Khurasan.

الْمَلَّاحُname

1.
place nameclassical
A place name mentioned in poetry.

Parallel reading

ووجه فساد هاذا القول أن المفاعلة إنما تكون مأخوذة من مصدر، مثل المضاربة والمقاتلة، ولا تكون مأخوذة من الأسماء غير المصادر.

The reason this saying is flawed is that the 'mufa'alah' pattern is derived from a masdar, like 'mudarabah' (trading) and 'muqatilah' (fighting), and not from nouns other than masdars.

ألا ترى أنه لا يحسن أن يقال في الإثنين إذا أكلا خبزا: بينهما مخابزة، ولا إذا أكلا لحما: بينهما ملاحمة.

Do you not see that it is not appropriate to say about two people who ate bread together: 'baynahuma mukhaba zah' (they shared bread), nor if they ate meat: 'baynahuma mulahamah' (they fought)?

وملحتان، بالكسر، تثنية مهلحة، من أودية القبلية

And 'malḥatān' (with kasrah) is the dual of 'muḥallaha', from the valleys of Qubaylah.

ملح الجلد واللحم يملحه ملحا فهو مملوح

The skin and meat become salty, it is salted, so it is salted.

تشلي الرموح وهي الرموح حرف كأن غبرها مملوح

The spears are shaken, and they are spears like a letter, as if their dust is salty.

يستن في عرض الصحراء فائره كأنه سبط الأهداب مملوح

He moves in the middle of the desert, his mane like a fine-haired, salty one.

وأملح الإبل: سقاها ماء ملحا.

And 'amlaḥa al-ibil' means: to give them salty water to drink.

وأملحني بنفسك: زيني.

And 'amlaḥnī bi-nafsik' means: make me charming with yourself.

سأل رجل آخر فقال: أحب أن تملحني عند فلان بنفسك، أي تزينني وتطريني.

A man asked another, saying: 'I wish you would make me charming with yourself in front of so-and-so,' meaning, 'adorn me and praise me.'

أبغض الشيوخ إلى الأقلح الأملح الحسو الفسو.

The most hated of old men to the one with white and black (features) is the one who eats and excretes.

لاكن حمزة لم يكن له إلا نمرة ملحاء

But Hamzah had only a striped garment.

إنما هي ملحاء. قال وإن كانت ملحاء، أمالك في أسوة

'It is only a striped garment.' He said, 'Even if it is striped, you have an example in me.'

والملحة والمعح في جميع شعر الجسد من الإنسان وكل شيء: بياض يعلو السواد.

And 'al-milḥah' and 'al-ma'aj' in all the body hair of humans and everything is a whiteness that overtakes blackness.

يقال: أصبنا ملحة من الربيع، أي شيئا يسيرا منه.

It is said: 'Aṣabnā malḥatan min ar-rabīʿ,' meaning, 'We obtained a small portion of the spring.'

والملح: اللبن، عن ابن الأعرابي

And 'al-milḥ' is milk, according to Ibn al-A'rabi.

والملح: البركة، يقال؛ لا يبارك الله فيه ولا يملح

And 'al-milḥ' is blessing. It is said: 'May God not bless him nor make him prosperous.'

ملح الله فيه فهو مملوح فيه، أي مبارك له في عيشه وماله.

'Mallaḥa Allāhu fīhi fa-huwa mamlūḥun fīhi,' meaning, 'God has blessed him in it, so he is blessed in his life and his wealth.'

وفي الحديث: لا تحرم الملحة والملحتان

And in the hadith: 'Do not forbid the suckling and the two sucklings.'

مليح كأمير: ماء باليمامة لبني التيم

'Mulayḥ', like 'amīr': a water source in Yamama belonging to Banu Taym.

ملح الماشية تمليحا: حك الملح على حنكها.

'Mallaha al-māshiyah tamlīḥan': to rub salt on its palate.

كأن سليطا في جواشنها الحصى إذا حل بين الأملحين وقيرها

As if Sulayṭ was in its armor, the pebbles, when it settled between Al-Amlaḥayn and Qayrah.

والممالح في ديار كلب، فيها روضة

And Al-Mamāliḥ are in the lands of Kalb, containing a meadow.

ويقال للندى الذي يسقط بالليل على البقل أملح، لبياضه.

And the dew that falls at night on the herbage is called 'amlaḥ' because of its whiteness.

أقامت به حد الربيع وجارها أخو سلوة مسى به الليل أملح

It stayed there for the prime of spring, and its neighbor, the brother of joy, spent the night there with dew.

له حركات مستملحة.

He has pleasing movements.

وفلان يتظرف ويتملح.

And so-and-so acts witty and charming.

حرام بن ملحان، بالفتح والكسر: خال أنس بن مالك.

Ḥarām ibn Milḥān, with fatḥah and kasrah: the maternal uncle of Anas ibn Malik.

ممالحان يشحذان المنصل

Two who sharpen the blade (a proverb for two outwardly cooperating but inwardly opposing individuals).

حتى استغاثت بأهل الملح ما طعمت في منزل طعم نوم غير تأويب

Until she sought help from the people of Al-Milḥ, she did not taste in a home the taste of sleep other than returning.

والملح موضع بخراسان.

And Al-Milḥ is a place in Khurasan.

فسائل جعفرا وبنى أبيها بنى البزري بطخفة والملاح

So ask Ja'far and the sons of his father, Al-Bizri built in Tukhfah and Al-Mallāḥ.

والملحية: قوم خرجوا على المستنصر العلوي صاحب مصر، ولهم قصة.

And Al-Milḥiyyah: a group of people who revolted against Al-Mustansir Al-Alawi, the ruler of Egypt, and they have a story.