صلع

Root entry · 21 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes hair loss, specifically receding hairlines or baldness on the head. It extends metaphorically to describe barrenness, smoothness, and things that are exposed or prominent, including difficult situations and even a type of snake.

Derived headwords

الصَّلَعُnoun

1.
baldnessboth
Receding hair from the front of the head towards the back, or hair loss from the middle of the head.
2.
barrennessclassical
A place that does not grow anything, whether a mountain or land.

صَلِعَverb

1.
to be baldboth
To experience hair loss, particularly from the front or middle of the head.

أَصْلَعُadjective

1.
baldboth
Having lost hair from the head, especially the front or middle.
2.
smooth, polishedclassical
Describing a polished or smooth spearhead, metaphorically.
3.
prominent, exposedclassical
Describing a prominent or exposed head, metaphorically.

صَلْعَاءُnoun

1.
famous eventclassical
A well-known or famous situation or event.
2.
calamity, ordealclassical
A severe or difficult situation, a calamity.
3.
barren landclassical
Land or sand dune that has no vegetation or trees.

صَلْعَاءُ النَّعَامِname

1.
Sal'aa' al-Na'amclassical
A place name, a hill between two locations, known for a historical battle.

صَلِيعَاءُnoun

1.
calamityclassical
A severe or difficult situation, a calamity, similar to 'al-Sal'aa'.
2.
shameful actclassical
A prominent, exposed, or shameful act.

صَلِيعِيَّةٌname

1.
Salī'iyyahclassical
A name of a water source belonging to the Banu Qushayr tribe.

صَلَاعٌnoun

1.
smooth rockclassical
A wide, strong, smooth rock.

صَلْعَةٌnoun

1.
bald spotboth
The spot on the head where hair is missing.
2.
smooth rockclassical
A smooth rock.

صَيْلَعٌname

1.
Sayla'classical
A mountain, or a place name.

صَلِيعٌadjective

1.
barrenclassical
A mountain or land that has no vegetation.

صُولِعَverb

1.
to be polishedclassical
To be polished or smooth, referring to a spearhead.

تَصْلِيعٌnoun

1.
weaponryclassical
A name for weaponry, similar to 'tamteen' and 'tanbeet'.
2.
exposing oneselfclassical
A snake showing itself without being covered by dirt.

صَلَّعَverb

1.
to make an excuseclassical
To offer an excuse or justification.
2.
to shed leavesclassical
Describing a tree whose branch tips have fallen off and been eaten by camels.

انْصَلَعَتِ الشَّمْسُverb

1.
sun roseclassical
The sun rose, or reached its zenith, or appeared intensely hot with nothing obscuring it.

تَصَلَّعَتِ السَّمَاءُverb

1.
sky clearedclassical
The sky cleared of clouds and became bare.

الأَصْيَلِعُadjective

1.
small bald personclassical
A diminutive form referring to someone with a receding hairline.
2.
slender-necked snakeclassical
A snake with a slender neck.

الصَّوْلَعُadjective

1.
polishedclassical
Polished or smooth, referring to a spearhead.

صَلِيعٌnoun

1.
bald headclassical
A bald head.

صَلَعَverb

1.
to shaveclassical
To shave one's head.

صَلِعَverb

1.
to have intercourseclassical
A euphemism for a man having intercourse.

Parallel reading

انحسار شعر مقدم الرأس إلى مؤخره، وكذلك إن ذهب وسطه

Receding hair from the front of the head towards the back, or hair loss from the middle of the head.

لنقصان مادة الشعر في تلك البقعة، وقصورها عنها، واستيلاء الجفاف عليها

Due to the deficiency of hair material in that spot, its inadequacy, and the dominance of dryness over it.

وأنكرتني وما كان الذي نكرت ... من الحوادث إلا الشيب والصلعا

And you denied me, and what you denied were not calamities except gray hair and baldness.

وهو أصلع بين الصلع

And he is bald among the bald.

ما قتلنا إلا عجائز صلعا

We did not kill except old women who were too frail for war (literally, bald).

أيما أشرف: الصلعان أو الفرعان

Who is more noble: the bald ones or the ones with full hair?

لقد حسد الفرعان أصلع لم يكن ... إذا ما مشى بالفرع بالمتخايل

The full-haired ones envied a bald man who was not, when he walked with his hair, strutting.

كبرت وقالت هند: شبت وإنما ... لداتي صلعان الرجال وشبهها

I grew old and Hind said: I have grayed, and indeed my peers are the bald men and their like.

إن الصلع تطهير، وعلامة أهل الصلاح

Indeed, baldness is a purification and a sign of righteous people.

يلوح في حافات قتلاه الصلع

The bald ones appear on the edges of his slain.

فقلت لها لا تنكريني، فقلما ... يسود الفتى حتى يشيب ويصلعا

So I said to her, 'Do not deny me, for a young man rarely becomes a leader until he ages and becomes bald.'

أتاني وأصحابي على رأس صيلع ... حديث أطار النوم عني فأنعما

News came to me and my companions on top of Sayla' that banished sleep from me, so bless it.

كأن زهاءها رأس صليع

As if their multitude was like the head of a barren mountain.

فيها سنان كالمنارة أصلع

In his hand was a spear with a head like a polished minaret.

ولاقيت من صلعاء يكبو لها الفتى ... فلم أنخنع فيها، وأوعدت منكرا

And I encountered a severe ordeal that would make a young man falter, but I did not yield in it, and I threatened evil.

ثم تكون جبروة صلعاء

Then there will be a strong, unyielding calamity.

فلما أحلوني بصلعاء صيلم ... بإحدى زبى ذي اللبدتين أبي الشبل

And when they brought me down to a severe ordeal in one of the dens of the lion, Abu al-Shibl.

يريد الصحراء التي لا تنبت شيئا، مثل الرأس الأصلع

Meaning the desert that grows nothing, like a bald head.

لحقنا بصلعاء النعام وقد بدا ... لنا منهم حامي الذمار وخاذله

We reached Sal'aa' al-Na'am, and from them appeared the defender of the sanctuary and the betrayer.

ومرة قد أدركنهم فلقينهم ... يروغون بالصلعاء روغ الثعالب

And once we caught up with them and met them, they were evading in the barren land like foxes.

ركبت الصليعاء

You committed a grave error/shameful act.

تعني في ادعائه زيادا، وعمله بخلاف الحديث الصحيح المرفوع

Meaning in his claim of Ziyad, and his acting contrary to the authentic, narrated hadith.

الصخر الأملس العريض الشديد

The wide, strong, smooth rock.

الموضع الذي لا ينبت شيئا، سواء كان جبلا أو أرضا

The place that grows nothing, whether it is a mountain or land.

حرها

Its heat.

أعذر

He made an excuse.

إذا برزت لا تراب عليها

When it emerges without dirt on it.

إذا وضع يده مستوية مبسوطة على الأرض فسلح

When he places his hand flat and spread on the ground and defecates.

انصلعت الشمس: بزغت، أو تكبدت وسط السماء، أو بدت في شدة الحر

The sun emerged: it rose, or reached the middle of the sky, or appeared in intense heat.

إذا انقطع غيمها، وانجردت

When its clouds dissipate and it becomes clear.

إذا أحدث عند الجماع

When he defecates during intercourse.

حلقها

He shaved it (his head).

إذا سقطت رؤوس أغصانها، وأكلتها الإبل

When the tips of its branches fall off and are eaten by camels.