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صلخ

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to deafness, extreme deafness, and a state of being deaf. It also extends to meanings of being afflicted with a disease, particularly skin conditions like leprosy or mange, and in a figurative sense, to destruction or a calamitous event. It can also describe a state of lying down or being prostrate.

Derived headwords

الأَصْلَخadjective
  1. 1.
    extremely deafclassical

    Describing someone who is profoundly deaf, to the point of not hearing anything at all.

  2. 2.
    mangyclassical

    Referring to a camel afflicted with mange or a severe skin condition.

  3. 3.
    leprousclassical

    Used to describe someone with leprosy.

صَلَخَverb
  1. 1.
    to become deafclassical

    To lose one's hearing completely.

  2. 2.
    to afflictclassical

    To strike with a calamity or destructive event.

  3. 3.
    to lie downclassical

    To recline or lie prostrate.

صَلْخًاnoun
  1. 1.
    curse of deafnessclassical

    A curse invoked upon someone, likening their deafness to that of ostriches.

صُلَاخnoun
  1. 1.
    destructionclassical

    A calamitous or destructive event.

صَلُوخadjective
  1. 1.
    destructiveclassical

    Describing a calamitous or destructive event.

اِصْطَلَخَverb
  1. 1.
    to become deafclassical

    To become deaf, similar to the verb 'صلخ'.

  2. 2.
    to become afflictedclassical

    To be struck by a destructive event or calamity.

تَصَالُخverb
  1. 1.
    to become deafclassical

    To become deaf, used in a reciprocal or reflexive sense.

اِصْلِخَاخnoun
  1. 1.
    lying downclassical

    The act of lying down or reclining.

صَالِخadjective
  1. 1.
    leprosyclassical

    Referring to a type of snake, or a person afflicted with leprosy.

صَالِخَةnoun
  1. 1.
    type of snakeclassical

    A specific kind of snake, known for being deadly.

صُلْخَاءadjective
  1. 1.
    mangy (female camel)classical

    Describing a female camel that is afflicted with mange.

صُلْخَىnoun
  1. 1.
    mangy camelsclassical

    Plural referring to camels afflicted with mange.

جَرَبٌ صَالِخٌnoun
  1. 1.
    penetrating mangeclassical

    A severe and deep-seated mange that affects the animal's body.

Parallel reading

الأَصْلَخ: الأصم جدا
Al-Aslakh: extremely deaf.
وقد صلخ سمعه وصلج، الأخيرة عن ابن الأعرابي: ذهب (فلا يسمع) شيئا (البتة)
And his hearing became deafened, and he became deaf (according to Ibn Al-A'rabi): it went away (so he hears) nothing (at all).
وإذا دعي على الرجل قيل: صلخا كصلخ النعام.
And when a man is cursed, it is said: 'May he be deafened like the deafness of ostriches.'
لأن النعام كله أصلخ.
Because all ostriches are deaf.
وكان الكميت أصم أصلخ.
And Al-Kumait was profoundly deaf.
والأصلخ: الجمل الأجرب.
And Al-Aslakh: the mangy camel.
وهو الناخس الذي يقع في دبره فلا يشك أنه سيصلخه.
It is the goader that falls into its rear, and there is no doubt that it will pierce it.
وصلخه إياه أنه يشمل بدنه.
And its affliction upon him is that it covers his body.
وتصالح علينا فلان، إذا تصام كتصالج، بالجيم.
And so-and-so became deaf towards us, meaning he became deaf like the variant with 'jim'.
وداهية صلوخ، كصبور: مهلكة.
And a destructive calamity, like 'sabur': destructive.
وأصلخ زيد اصلخاخا: اضطجع.
And Zayd lay down with a prostration.
أسود صالخ وسالخ، لنوع من الحيات، حكاه أبو حاتم بالصاد وبالسين.
A black snake (salikh) and (salikh), referring to a type of snake, Abu Hatim narrated it with 'sad' and with 'sin'.
أقتل ما يكون من الحيات إذا صلخت جلدها.
The deadliest of snakes when it sheds its skin.
ويقال للأبرص الأصلخ.
And the leper is called Al-Aslakh.