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صملكع

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to be rare and possibly non-standard, primarily used to describe someone with a sharp or intense quality, particularly in their gaze or demeanor. It is associated with a specific poetic usage.

Derived headwords

صَمْلَعِعٌadjective
  1. 1.
    Sharp-facedclassical

    Describing someone who has a sharpness or intensity in their facial features or demeanor.

الصَمْلَعِعَاadjective
  1. 1.
    Sharp-facedclassical

    An intensified or specific form of the adjective, used poetically to describe a person with a sharp or intense quality.

Parallel reading

أهمله الجماعة
The group (of lexicographers) considered it neglected/unimportant.
وقال ابن بري: هو الذي في رأسه حدة
And Ibn Bura says: He is the one who has sharpness in his head.
قالت ورب البيت إني أحبها
She said, 'By the Lord of the House, I love her'
وأهوى ابنها ذاك الخليع الصملكعا
And I desire her son, that dissolute, sharp-faced one.
كذا في اللسان
Thus it is in Al-Lisan (al-Arabi).