ملح

See also: ملخ

Arabic

Etymology

Root
م ل ح (m l ḥ)
8 terms

Inherited from Proto-West Semitic *milḥ-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /milħ/

Noun

مِلْح • (milḥ) m (plural أَمْلَاح (ʔamlāḥ) or مِلَاح (milāḥ) or مِلَح (milaḥ) or مِلْحَة (milḥa))

  1. salt
  2. salt water
  3. wit, intellect
  4. knowledge
  5. scholar
  6. beauty, loveliness, grace
  7. oath

Declension

Declension of noun مِلْح (milḥ)
singular basic singular triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal مِلْح
milḥ 		الْمِلْح
al-milḥ 		مِلْح
milḥ
nominative مِلْحٌ
milḥun 		الْمِلْحُ
al-milḥu 		مِلْحُ
milḥu
accusative مِلْحًا
milḥan 		الْمِلْحَ
al-milḥa 		مِلْحَ
milḥa
genitive مِلْحٍ
milḥin 		الْمِلْحِ
al-milḥi 		مِلْحِ
milḥi
dual indefinite definite construct
informal مِلْحَيْن
milḥayn 		الْمِلْحَيْن
al-milḥayn 		مِلْحَيْ
milḥay
nominative مِلْحَانِ
milḥāni 		الْمِلْحَانِ
al-milḥāni 		مِلْحَا
milḥā
accusative مِلْحَيْنِ
milḥayni 		الْمِلْحَيْنِ
al-milḥayni 		مِلْحَيْ
milḥay
genitive مِلْحَيْنِ
milḥayni 		الْمِلْحَيْنِ
al-milḥayni 		مِلْحَيْ
milḥay
plural basic broken plural triptote‎;
broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)
indefinite definite construct
informal أَمْلَاح‎; مِلَاح‎; مِلَح‎; مِلْحَة
ʔamlāḥ‎; milāḥ‎; milaḥ‎; milḥa 		الْأَمْلَاح‎; الْمِلَاح‎; الْمِلَح‎; الْمِلْحَة
al-ʔamlāḥ‎; al-milāḥ‎; al-milaḥ‎; al-milḥa 		أَمْلَاح‎; مِلَاح‎; مِلَح‎; مِلْحَة
ʔamlāḥ‎; milāḥ‎; milaḥ‎; milḥat
nominative أَمْلَاحٌ‎; مِلَاحٌ‎; مِلَحٌ‎; مِلْحَةٌ
ʔamlāḥun‎; milāḥun‎; milaḥun‎; milḥatun 		الْأَمْلَاحُ‎; الْمِلَاحُ‎; الْمِلَحُ‎; الْمِلْحَةُ
al-ʔamlāḥu‎; al-milāḥu‎; al-milaḥu‎; al-milḥatu 		أَمْلَاحُ‎; مِلَاحُ‎; مِلَحُ‎; مِلْحَةُ
ʔamlāḥu‎; milāḥu‎; milaḥu‎; milḥatu
accusative أَمْلَاحًا‎; مِلَاحًا‎; مِلَحًا‎; مِلْحَةً
ʔamlāḥan‎; milāḥan‎; milaḥan‎; milḥatan 		الْأَمْلَاحَ‎; الْمِلَاحَ‎; الْمِلَحَ‎; الْمِلْحَةَ
al-ʔamlāḥa‎; al-milāḥa‎; al-milaḥa‎; al-milḥata 		أَمْلَاحَ‎; مِلَاحَ‎; مِلَحَ‎; مِلْحَةَ
ʔamlāḥa‎; milāḥa‎; milaḥa‎; milḥata
genitive أَمْلَاحٍ‎; مِلَاحٍ‎; مِلَحٍ‎; مِلْحَةٍ
ʔamlāḥin‎; milāḥin‎; milaḥin‎; milḥatin 		الْأَمْلَاحِ‎; الْمِلَاحِ‎; الْمِلَحِ‎; الْمِلْحَةِ
al-ʔamlāḥi‎; al-milāḥi‎; al-milaḥi‎; al-milḥati 		أَمْلَاحِ‎; مِلَاحِ‎; مِلَحِ‎; مِلْحَةِ
ʔamlāḥi‎; milāḥi‎; milaḥi‎; milḥati

Descendants

  • Gulf Arabic: ملح (milḥ)
  • Moroccan Arabic: ملح
  • Maltese: melħ
  • Hindi: मिल्ह (milha)

Adjective

مِلْح • (milḥ)

  1. salty, saline
    Synonym: مَالِح (māliḥ)

References

  • Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “ملح”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc‎[1] (in French), Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie
  • Lane, Edward William (1863-1893) “ملح”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate.
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “ملح”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎[2], London: W.H. Allen
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “ملح”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Hijazi Arabic

Root
م ل ح
0 terms

Etymology

From Arabic مِلْح (milḥ, “salt”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /milħ/

Noun

ملح • (milḥ) m

  1. salt

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic مِلْح (milḥ, “salt”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mlaħ/, /malħ/

Noun

مْلَح or مَلْح • (mlaḥ or malḥ) m (plural ملحة (malḥa))

  1. salt

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مِلْح (milḥ, “salt”).

Noun

ملح • (milh)

  1. salt, a common substance chemically consisting of sodium chloride
    Synonyms: طوز (tuz), نمك (nemek)
  2. (chemistry) salt, one of the compounds formed from the reaction of an acid with a base
  3. (figuratively) wit, intellect, knowledge, learning
  4. (figuratively) salt of the earth, a decent, dependable, unpretentious person

Derived terms

  • ملح الصاغه (milhü's-saga, “borax”)
  • ملح بارود (milh-i barud, “saltpetre”)
  • ملح حامض (milh hamiz, “supersalt”)
  • ملح موحد (milh mahad, “protosalt”)
  • ملحی (milhî, “saline”)
  • ملحیت (milhiyet, “saltness”)

Descendants

Further reading

South Levantine Arabic

Root
م ل ح
3 terms

Etymology

From Arabic مِلْح (milḥ, “salt”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /malħ/, [ˈma.l(ɪ)ħ]
  • IPA(key): /milħ/, [ˈmi.l(ɪ)ħ]
  • Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

Noun

ملح • (milḥ, malḥ) m

  1. salt

See also

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