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ملص

Root entry · 46 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with the concept of slipping, sliding, and escaping. It extends to meanings of smoothness, swiftness, and even falling or being dropped, particularly in the context of childbirth. It also encompasses related concepts like white purity and specific geographical locations or tribal names.

Derived headwords

الملاصnoun
  1. 1.
    white purityclassical

    Refers to white, pure stone, as narrated by Ibn al-A'rabi.

الأملاصnoun
  1. 1.
    well-made ropesclassical

    Refers to ropes that are strong and well-made.

ملاصname
  1. 1.
    castle in Sicilyclassical

    A specific castle located on the coasts of the island of Sicily.

ميلاصname
  1. 1.
    castle in Sicilyclassical

    An alternative name for the castle in Sicily, similar in form to 'mihrab'.

شماص وملاصadjective
  1. 1.
    slippery and evasiveclassical

    Describes a woman who is evasive and slips away easily, implying a certain agility or elusiveness.

ملص بسلحهverb
  1. 1.
    threw with his weaponclassical

    To throw something, specifically a weapon, as narrated by Ibn Abbad.

ملص بسهمهverb
  1. 1.
    shot with his arrowclassical

    To shoot an arrow, as mentioned in the text.

ملص، كفرحverb
  1. 1.
    slipped and fell

    To fall by slipping or sliding.

انسلالاnoun
  1. 1.
    slipping away

    The act of slipping or sliding away smoothly.

ملصadjective
  1. 1.
    slippery (rope)

    A rope that is slippery to the touch, making it difficult to grip.

رشاء ملصadjective
  1. 1.
    slippery rope

    A rope that is slippery and difficult for the hand to grasp firmly.

ابن ملاصnoun
  1. 1.
    insultclassical

    A term used as an insult, derived from the name 'Malaas'.

أملص الرأسverb
  1. 1.
    made the head baldclassical

    To cause the head to become bald or smooth, as narrated by Ibn Abbad.

سير إمليصadjective
  1. 1.
    swift journeyclassical

    Describes a journey that is fast and quick.

الملصةnoun
  1. 1.
    large fishclassical

    A large type of fish, similar to a 'zalikhah'.

ملصت السمكةverb
  1. 1.
    the fish slipped

    The fish slipped out of one's hand.

انملصتverb
  1. 1.
    slipped away

    To slip away or escape, often used for things that are slippery.

السمكة ملصةnoun
  1. 1.
    slippery fish

    A fish that is slippery.

أملصت المرأةverb
  1. 1.
    miscarriedclassical

    A woman miscarried her fetus, causing it to be dropped.

الناقة ألقت ولدها ميتاverb
  1. 1.
    the she-camel dropped her dead youngclassical

    The she-camel gave birth to a stillborn offspring.

مملصnoun
  1. 1.
    miscarried fetusclassical

    A fetus that has been miscarried or dropped prematurely.

مماليصnoun
  1. 1.
    miscarried fetusesclassical

    Plural of 'mamlis', referring to multiple premature births.

مملاصadjective
  1. 1.
    habitually miscarryingclassical

    Describes a woman who habitually miscarries.

مملصnoun
  1. 1.
    dropped fetusclassical

    A fetus that has been dropped or miscarried.

مليصnoun
  1. 1.
    dropped fetusclassical

    A fetus that has been dropped or miscarried, fitting the pattern of 'af'al'.

أملص الشيء إملاصاverb
  1. 1.
    made something slip

    To cause something to slip or slide.

تملص الرشاء من يديverb
  1. 1.
    the rope slipped from my hand

    The rope slipped out of one's hand.

تفلصverb
  1. 1.
    escaped

    To escape or get free from something.

تملصت منهverb
  1. 1.
    I escaped from him

    To get away from or free oneself from someone.

انملص من يدي انملاصاverb
  1. 1.
    it slipped from my hand

    Something slipped out of one's hand smoothly.

انملخverb
  1. 1.
    slipped awayclassical

    To slip away or escape, with a similar meaning to 'inmalasa'.

انملص الشيءverb
  1. 1.
    the thing slipped away

    An object escaped or slipped free.

انفلصverb
  1. 1.
    slipped awayclassical

    To slip away or escape, similar to 'inmalasa'.

فلصتهverb
  1. 1.
    made it slipclassical

    To cause something to slip or escape.

ملصتهverb
  1. 1.
    made it slipclassical

    To cause something to slip or escape.

الملصnoun
  1. 1.
    slipping

    The act of slipping or sliding.

رشاء مليصadjective
  1. 1.
    slippery rope

    A rope that is slippery.

المملصnoun
  1. 1.
    miscarriageclassical

    A premature birth or miscarriage.

تملص الشيء من يديverb
  1. 1.
    the thing slipped from my hand

    An object slipped away smoothly from one's hand.

الملصadjective
  1. 1.
    nakedclassical

    Naked or unclothed, used metaphorically as if one has slipped out of their clothes.

ملصname
  1. 1.
    place nameclassical

    A specific place name mentioned in poetry.

بنو مليصname
  1. 1.
    tribal nameclassical

    A lineage or tribe known as 'Banu Malis'.

أملص الرجلverb
  1. 1.
    became poorclassical

    A man became poor or destitute.

الأملصadjective
  1. 1.
    soft and tenderclassical

    Describes something that is soft and tender.

ملص ملصاverb
  1. 1.
    fled awayclassical

    To flee or run away quickly, similar to 'malaza'.

ملاص بن صاهلةname
  1. 1.
    tribal nameclassical

    A tribal lineage, specifically 'Malaas bin Sahilah'.

Parallel reading

كأن تحت خفها الوهاص ميظب أكم نيط بالملاص
As if beneath her hoofs were sharp stones, hung on the white purity.
كيف الخلاص إلى ملاص وسورها ... من حيث درت به يدور قريني
How can one escape to Malaas, and its walls... from where my companion knows it revolves.
وجارية ذات شماص وملاص
And a woman who is evasive and slippery.
ملص بسلحه: رمى به
He threw with his weapon: he threw it.
ملص، كفرح: سقط متزلجا
He slipped and fell: he fell by sliding.
وكل شيء زل انسلالا، متزلجا لملاسته، فقد ملص
And everything that slips away smoothly, sliding due to its slipperiness, has slipped.
ورشاء ملص، ككتف تزلق الكف عنه، ولا تستمكن من القبض عليه، وقد ملص
And a slippery rope, like a shoulder, from which the hand slips and cannot grasp it firmly, and it has slipped.
فما لهم بالدو من محيص غير نجاء القرب الإمليص
So they have no escape in the desert except the swift flight of the close one.
ملصت السمكة من يدي، وانملصت: انفلتت وزلقت
The fish slipped from my hand, and it slipped away: it escaped and slid.
وأملصت المرأة، كما للجوهري، وزاد غيره: والناقة ألقت ولدها ميتا
And the woman miscarried, as in Al-Jauhari, and others added: And the she-camel dropped her dead young.
المرأة الحامل تضرب فتملص جنينها أي تزلقه لغير تمام
The pregnant woman is struck and her fetus slips out, meaning it slides out before completion.
أملصت به وأزلقت به، وأسهلت به، وحطأت به، بمعنى واحد
I made it slip, and I made it slide, and I made it easy, and I made it fall; they all mean the same thing.
يقال: ما كدت أتملص منه
It is said: I almost escaped from him.
انملص من يدي انملاصا، وانملخ، بالخاء
It slipped from my hand with a smooth slip, and it slipped away (with kha).
انملص الشيء: أفلت، وتدغم النون في الميم
The thing slipped away: it escaped, and the 'nun' is assimilated into the 'mim'.
وتملص الشيء من يدي: زل انسلالا لملاسته
And the thing slipped from my hand: it slid away smoothly due to its slipperiness.
فما زال يسقي بطن ملص عرعرا ... وأرضهما حتى اطمأن جسيمها
So he kept watering the plain of Malas with juniper... and their land until its body settled.
ملص ملصا: ولى هاربا كملز ملزا
He fled away: he turned and fled like 'malaza' (fled).