سلغ

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the eruption of permanent teeth in young animals, particularly cattle and sheep, marking specific age stages. It also extends to describe meat that is tough or raw, and metaphorically to qualities like redness, baseness, and foolishness.

Derived headwords

سَلَغَverb

1.
teeth eruptedclassical
Said of a cow or sheep when their permanent teeth have erupted.

سُلُوغٌnoun

1.
eruption of teethclassical
The eruption of permanent teeth, specifically the tooth that comes after the sixth (sadees).
2.
age stageclassical
A stage in the age of cattle and sheep, specifically the sixth year or beyond.

سَالِغٌadjective

1.
having erupted teethclassical
Said of a cow or sheep whose permanent teeth have erupted.
2.
sixth year oldclassical
Referring to an animal in its sixth year or older, marked by the eruption of the 'saligh' tooth.

بقرة سالغ — a cow whose permanent teeth have erupted

نعجة سالغ — a ewe whose permanent teeth have erupted

أَسْلَغَverb

1.
to be redclassical
To be intensely red.

أَسْلَغٌadjective

1.
intensely redclassical
Describing something of a very deep red color.
2.
leprousclassical
Suffering from leprosy.
3.
base, ignobleclassical
Describing a person as base, ignoble, or of low standing.
4.
foolishclassical
Describing someone as foolish or stupid.

أحمر أسلغ — intensely red

الأسلغ: اللئيم الساقط — The aslagh: the base, fallen one.

سَلَغٌnoun

1.
tough meatclassical
Meat that is tough and does not cook easily.
2.
raw meatclassical
Raw or uncooked meat.

لَحْمٌ أَسْلَغٌnoun

1.
tough meatclassical
Meat that is tough and does not cook easily.
2.
raw meatclassical
Raw or uncooked meat.

ولحم أسلغ بين السلغ، محركة: يطبخ ولا ينضج — and aslagh meat, with harakat: it is cooked but does not become tender.

سَلَغَ رأسهverb

1.
to shave headclassical
A dialectal variation for shaving the head.

غَنَمٌ سَلْغٌnoun

1.
diseased sheepclassical
Sheep suffering from a skin condition or sore.

سَلَغَ الحمارverb

1.
to have a soreclassical
Said of a donkey when it develops a sore or ulcer.

أَسْلَغَ مُنْسَلِخًاadjective

1.
intensely redclassical
Extremely red in color.

رأيته كاذيا ماتعا أسلغ منسلخا — I saw him as a strong, enjoyable, intensely red, shedding one.

أَسْلَغٌadjective

1.
intensely redclassical
Exaggeratedly red, similar to 'qani'.

وأحمر أسلغ: شديد الحمرة، بالغوا به، كما قالوا: أحمر قانئ — And aslagh red: intensely red, they exaggerated it, as they said: qani red.

أَسْلَغٌadjective

1.
foolishclassical
Describing someone as foolish or stupid.

أسلغ يدعى باللئيم الأسلغ — Aslagh, called the ignoble aslagh.

Parallel reading

سلغت البقرة والشاة، كمنع، سلوغا، بالضم: خرج ناباهما

The cow and the sheep سلغت (had their permanent teeth erupt), as in منع (man'a), with سلوغ (sulugh) in the nominative: their permanent teeth emerged.

يقال: بقرة سالغ، ونعجة سالغ

It is said: a saligh cow, and a saligh ewe.

أو هو، أي السلوغ: إسقاط السن التي خلف السديس، فهي سالغ، وذلك في السنة السادسة

Or it is, meaning sulugh: the shedding of the tooth behind the sixth (sadees), so it is saligh, and that is in the sixth year.

لأن ولد البقرة أول سنة عجل، ثم تبيع، ثم جذع، ثم ثني، ثم رباع، ثم سديس، ثم سالغ سنة، وسالغ سنتين إلى ما زاد

Because the calf of a cow is in the first year an 'ijl, then a tib', then a jadh', then a thani, then a ruba', then a sadees, then a saligh of one year, and a saligh of two years and more.

ولحم أسلغ بين السلغ، محركة: يطبخ ولا ينضج، قاله الفراء

And aslagh meat, with harakat: it is cooked but does not become tender, said Al-Farra.

وقال أبو عمرو: الأسلغ من اللحم: النيء

And Abu Amr said: Al-aslagh of meat: is raw.

وقال ابن الأعرابي: يقال: رأيته كاذيا ماتعا أسلغ منسلخا، كله: الشديد الحمرة

And Ibn Al-A'rabi said: It is said: I saw him as a strong, enjoyable, aslagh, munaslikh, all meaning intensely red.

والأسلغ أيضا: الأبرص، والعين لغة فيه

And Al-aslagh also: the leprous, and 'ayn is a dialect for it.

والأسلغ: اللئيم الساقط

And Al-aslagh: the base, fallen one.

وسلغ رأسه: لغة في ثلغه، بالمثلثة

And salagha his head: a dialectal form for thalagha (to shave his head), with the letter tha.

غنم سلغ، كركع، مثل صلغ

Ghanm sulgh, like kurra', similar to sulgh.

وسلغ الحمار: قرح

And salagha the donkey: it had a sore.

وأحمر أسلغ: شديد الحمرة، بالغوا به، كما قالوا: أحمر قانئ

And aslagh red: intensely red, they exaggerated it, as they said: qani red.

والأسلغ: الأحمق، كما قال رؤبة: أسلغ يدعى باللئيم الأسلغ

And Al-aslagh: the foolish, as Ru'bah said: Aslagh, called the ignoble aslagh.