Root

ص ل خ

0 verbs · 1 noun and adjective

Nouns and adjectives

Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 6 entries
  • صَلِخَ سَمْعُهُ Form I He was, or became, deaf, so as not to hear at all
    , [and app. صَلِخَ alone,] aor. , (L,) inf. n. صَلَخٌ; (S, A, L;) as also صَلِجَ; (IAar, L;) [the former of the dial. of El-Koofeh, and the latter of that of El-Basrah; (see أَصْلَخُ;)] He was, or became, deaf, so as not to hear at all. (S, A, * L.) صَلَخًا كَصَلَخِ النَّعَامِ [Mayest thou, or may he, suffer a deafness like the deafness of the ostrich] is a form of imprecation uttered against a man; for all ostriches are [said to be] totally deaf. (L, TA.) -A2- صَلَخَتْ جِلْدَهَا is said of a serpent (حَيَّةٰ) [meaning It cast off its slough: like سَلَخَتْ]. (TA.) ― -b2- And صَلَخَهُ, namely, a camel, is said of the mange, or scab, meaning [It excoriated him; like سَلَخَهُ; or] it extended over the whole of his body. (TA.)
  • تصالخ عَلَيْنَا Form VI He feigned himself totally deaf to us
    He feigned himself totally deaf to us; (K, * TA;) as also تصالج, with ج. (TA.)
  • اصلخّ Form IX lay upon his side
    , inf. n. اِصْلِخَاخٌ, He (a man, TA) lay upon his side. (K, TA.)
  • دَاهِيَةٌ صَلُوخٌ A destructive calamity
    A destructive calamity. (K.)
  • أَسْوَدُ صَالِخٌ A certain species of serpents, that casts off its slough
    i. q. أَسْوَدُ سَالِخٌ [q. v.], A certain species of serpents, that casts off its slough. (AHát, L.) ― -b2- And جَرَبٌ صَالِخٌ i. q. سَالِخٌ [i. e. Excoriating mange or scab]: (K, TA:) it is such as occurs in the hinder part of the camel, and one doubts not its extending over the whole of his body. (TA.)
  • أَصْلَخُ Deaf
    , (S, K, &c.,) so accord. to all the people of El-Koofeh, but the people of El-Basrah and the Arabs of that region say أَصْلَجُ, (IAar, TA,) Deaf: (Fr, A'Obeyd, TA:) or deaf so as not to hear at all: (S, K, TA:) or very deaf: (Mgh:) or أَصَمُّ أَصْلَخُ has this last meaning. (IAar, TA.) Fr said, (S,) كَانَ الكُمَيْتُ أَصَمَّ أَصْلَخَ, meaning El-Kumeyt was deaf so as not to hear at all. (S, A. *) -A2- Also A camel affected with mange, or scab: [or having mange, or scab, by which he is excoriated: like أَسْلَخُ:] fem. صَلْخَآءُ: and pl. صَلْخَى. (K.) ― -b2- And Affected with [the malignant species of leprosy termed] بَرَص. (TA.)

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