سملخ

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes earwax and related substances. It also extends to describe certain types of plant material and a specific method of preparing fermented milk.

Derived headwords

السملوخnoun

1.
earwaxboth
The wax and debris that comes out of the ear.
2.
plant fibersclassical
What is extracted from the branches of the Nadi plant, resembling twigs.

الصملوخnoun

1.
earwaxclassical
Synonymous with السملوخ, referring to earwax and its contents.

السملاخnoun

1.
earwaxclassical
Synonymous with السملوخ, referring to earwax and its contents.

السماليخnoun

1.
plant fibersclassical
The plural of السملوخ, referring to what is extracted from the branches of the Nadi plant.

السماليخيadjective

1.
tastelessclassical
Describing milk or food that lacks flavor.

السمالخيnoun

1.
fermented milkclassical
Milk that has been injected into a waterskin, left in a dug pit to ferment, and has a taste similar to churned milk.

Parallel reading

السملوخ: بالضم: الصملوخ، كالسملاخ

As-samlūkh (with damma): as-ṣamālūkh, like as-samalākh.

وهو من الأذن: وسخها وما يخرج من قشورها، قاله النضر.

And it is from the ear: its dirt and what comes out of its scales, said Al-Naḍr.

السملوخ: ما ينتزع من قضبان النضي

As-samlūkh: what is extracted from the branches of the Nadi plant.

الرخصة، مثل القضبان، وجمعه السماليخ، وهي الأماصيخ.

The thin branches, like twigs, and its plural is as-samālīkh, which are al-amāṣīkh.

والسماليخي من اللبن والطعام: ما لا طعم له.

And as-samālīkhī from milk and food: that which has no taste.

والسمالخي: لبن حقن وترك في السقاء وحفر له حفرة ووضع فيها ليروب، وطعمه طعم مخض.

And as-samālkhī: milk that is injected into a waterskin, left in it, a pit is dug for it and it is placed within to ferment, and its taste is like churned milk.