ص ع ل ك

Root entry · 15 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns poverty, destitution, and the state of being poor. It extends to descriptions of physical attributes like a rounded or small head, and also describes the condition of animals, particularly camels and horses, when they become lean or shed their hair. It can also refer to specific individuals or groups associated with poverty.

Derived headwords

صَعْلَكَهُverb

1.
made him poorboth
To make someone poor or destitute.

صَعْلَكَةًnoun

1.
impoverishmentboth
The act or state of becoming poor.

صَعْلَكَ الثَّرِيدَةَverb

1.
prepared the thareedclassical
To prepare thareed (a dish of bread soaked in broth) by giving it a prominent top or raising its head.

صَعْلَكَ البَقْلَ الإِبِلَverb

1.
fattened the camelsclassical
To fatten camels with fodder or pasture.

مِصْعَلَكُ الرَّأْسِadjective

1.
rounded/small-headedclassical
Describing a head that is rounded or small.

الصُّعْلُوكُnoun

1.
destitute personboth
A poor person, one who has no possessions, and no means of support.

الصَّعَالِيكُnoun

1.
the destituteboth
Plural of صعلوك (destitute person).

تَصَعْلَكَ الرَّجُلُverb

1.
became poorboth
A man became poor or destitute.

تَصَعْلَكَتِ الإِبِلُverb

1.
shed its hairboth
Camels shed their outer hair or fur.
2.
became leanclassical
Camels' legs became thin due to fatness.

صَعَالِيكُ العَرَبِnoun

1.
wolves of the Arabsclassical
Refers to the wolves of the Arabs, implying ferocity or predatory nature.

عُرْوَةُ الصَّعَالِيكِname

1.
Urwah al-Sa'alikclassical
A nickname for Urwah ibn al-Ward, known for gathering and supporting the poor.

صُعْلَيْكٌname

1.
name of a manclassical
A proper name of a man.

صُعْلَكِيكٌname

1.
nameclassical
A proper name.

المِصْعَلَكُadjective

1.
raised/rounded humpclassical
Describing the upper part of a camel's hump that is rounded or has been raised by hand.

الصَّعْلُوكِيُّname

1.
Al-Sa'alukiclassical
A nisba (attribution) indicating origin or association, used for famous scholars.

Parallel reading

صعلكه صعلكة: أفقره.

He made him poor, impoverishment: He made him poor.

وصعلك الثريدة: جعل لها رأسا، أو رفع رأسها.

And he prepared the thareed: he made it have a head, or raised its head.

وقال شمر: صعلك البقل الإبل: سمنها.

And Shamir said: He fattened the camels with fodder: he fattened them.

ورجل مصعلك الرأس أي: مدوره وقيل: صغيره

And a man with a مصعلك الرأس, meaning: rounded, or it was said: small.

يخيل في المرعى لهن بنفسه ... مصعلك أعلى قلة الرأس نقنق

He imagines in the pasture for them by himself... a rounded/small head, making a sound.

والصعلوك، كعصفور: الفقير كما في الصحاح، زاد ابن سيده: الذي لا مال له، زاد الأزهري: ولا اعتماد

And the صعلوك, like عصفور: the poor person, as in Al-Sihah, Ibn Sidah added: one who has no money, Al-Azhari added: and no support.

وسائلة بالغيب عني وسائل ... ومن يسأل الصعلوك أين مذاهبه

And asking about me from the unseen, and who asks the destitute person where his paths lead.

والجمع الصعاليك، وأنشد الليث: إن اتباعك مولى السوء يتبعه ... لك الصعاليك ما لم يتخذ نشبا

And the plural is الصعاليك, and Al-Layth recited: Indeed, your following a bad master will lead to... the destitute following you, unless he acquires wealth.

وتصعلك الرجل: افتقر وأنشد الجوهري لحاتم طيئ: عنينا زمانا بالتصعلك والغنى ... فكلا سقاناه بكأسيهما الدهر

And the man became poor: he became destitute, and Al-Jawhari recited for Hatim al-Ta'i: We experienced destitution and wealth for a time... and time gave us both to drink from its cups.

وتصعلكت الإبل: طرحت أوبارها كما في الصحاح: زاد غيره: وانجردت

And the camels became تصعلکت: they shed their hair, as in Al-Sihah; others added: and became bare.

وقال شمر: إذا دقت قوائمها من السمن

And Shamir said: when their legs became thin from fatness.

قد تصعلكن في الربيع وقد ق ... رع جلد الفرائض الأقدام

They became lean in spring, and the hooves had struck the skin of the legs.

قال: تصعلكن: دققن وطار عفاؤها عنها، والفريضة: موضع قدم الفارس.

He said: تصعلكن: they became thin and their hair flew off them, and al-faridah: the place of the rider's foot.

وصعاليك العرب: ذؤبانها.

And the صعاليك of the Arabs: their wolves.

وعروة الصعاليك: هو ابن الورد لقب به لأنه كان يجمع الفقراء في حظيرة فيرزقهم مما يغنمه

And Urwah al-Sa'alik: he is Ibn al-Ward, nicknamed so because he used to gather the poor in a pen and provide for them from what he plundered.

المصعلك، من الأسنمة: التي كأنما حدرجت أعلاه حدرجة وكأنما صعلكت أسفله بيدك ثم مطلته صعدا

The المصعلك, from the humps: that which its top is like a rolled thing, and its bottom is as if you shaped it with your hand and then stretched it upwards.

أبو الطيب سهل بن محمد الصعلوكي الشافعي: فقيه مشهور تفقه بأبيه وبأبي علي محمد بن عبد الواحد الثقفي

Abu al-Tayyib Sahl ibn Muhammad al-Sa'aluki al-Shafi'i: a famous jurist who studied jurisprudence with his father and with Abu Ali Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahid al-Thaqafi.