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ز ل ق م

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the throat and swallowing, with extensions to the snout or trunk of animals, and the concept of spaciousness.

Derived headwords

الزلقومnoun
  1. 1.
    throatboth

    The passage in the throat, specifically the pharynx.

  2. 2.
    dog's snoutclassical

    The snout or muzzle of a dog.

  3. 3.
    elephant's trunkclassical

    The trunk of an elephant.

زلقمverb
  1. 1.
    to swallowboth

    To swallow a morsel or food.

الزلقمةnoun
  1. 1.
    spaciousnessclassical

    The quality of being wide or spacious.

Parallel reading

الزلقوم بالضم، كتبه بالأحمر مع أن الجوهري ذكره في تركيب زقم على أن اللام زائدة.
Al-Zalqum (with dammah), he wrote it in red, although Al-Jawhari mentioned it in the root Z-Q-M, considering the Lam to be extra.
هو الحلقوم زنة ومعنى، عن ابن دريد.
It is the throat (al-halqum) in weight and meaning, according to Ibn Duraid.
ومما يستدرك عليه: زلقم اللقمة: بلعها،
And among what is to be added: Zalqama the morsel: he swallowed it,
وقال ابن بري: الزلقمة: الاتساع،
And Ibn al-Bari said: Al-Zalqamah: spaciousness,
ومنه سمي البحر زلقما وقلزما، عن ابن خالويه.
And from it, the sea was named Zalqama and Qalzama, according to Ibn Khalaweh.
والزلقوم: خرطوم الكلب، عن الأصمعي.
And Al-Zalqum: the snout of the dog, according to Al-Asma'i.
زاد غيره: ومن السبع أيضا.
Others added: and from the beasts of prey as well.
وقال ابن الأعرابي: زلقوم الفيل: خرطومه.
And Ibn al-A'rabi said: The zalqum of the elephant: its trunk.