ملح
See also: ملخ
Arabic
Etymology 1
Ultimately from Proto-West Semitic *milḥ-. Cognate with Hebrew מלח (melaḥ).
Pronunciation 1
- IPA(key): /milħ/
Noun
مِلْح • (milḥ) m (plural أَمْلَاح (ʾamlāḥ) or مِلَاح (milāḥ) or مِلَح (milaḥ) or مِلْحَة (milḥa))
- salt
- salt water
- wit, intellect
- knowledge
- scholar
- beauty, loveliness, grace
- 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 ʾamlāḥ; milāḥ; milaḥ; milḥa | الْأَمْلَاح; الْمِلَاح; الْمِلَح; الْمِلْحَة al-ʾamlāḥ; al-milāḥ; al-milaḥ; al-milḥa | أَمْلَاح; مِلَاح; مِلَح; مِلْحَة ʾamlāḥ; milāḥ; milaḥ; milḥat |
| Nominative | أَمْلَاحٌ; مِلَاحٌ; مِلَحٌ; مِلْحَةٌ ʾamlāḥun; milāḥun; milaḥun; milḥatun | الْأَمْلَاحُ; الْمِلَاحُ; الْمِلَحُ; الْمِلْحَةُ al-ʾamlāḥu; al-milāḥu; al-milaḥu; al-milḥatu | أَمْلَاحُ; مِلَاحُ; مِلَحُ; مِلْحَةُ ʾamlāḥu; milāḥu; milaḥu; milḥatu |
| Accusative | أَمْلَاحًا; مِلَاحًا; مِلَحًا; مِلْحَةً ʾamlāḥan; milāḥan; milaḥan; milḥatan | الْأَمْلَاحَ; الْمِلَاحَ; الْمِلَحَ; الْمِلْحَةَ al-ʾamlāḥa; al-milāḥa; al-milaḥa; al-milḥata | أَمْلَاحَ; مِلَاحَ; مِلَحَ; مِلْحَةَ ʾamlāḥa; milāḥa; milaḥa; milḥata |
| Genitive | أَمْلَاحٍ; مِلَاحٍ; مِلَحٍ; مِلْحَةٍ ʾamlāḥin; milāḥin; milaḥin; milḥatin | الْأَمْلَاحِ; الْمِلَاحِ; الْمِلَحِ; الْمِلْحَةِ al-ʾamlāḥi; al-milāḥi; al-milaḥi; al-milḥati | أَمْلَاحِ; مِلَاحِ; مِلَحِ; مِلْحَةِ ʾamlāḥi; milāḥi; milaḥi; milḥati |
Descendants
- Gulf Arabic: ملح (milḥ)
- Moroccan Arabic: ملح
- Maltese: melħ
References
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “ملح”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, 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
Pronunciation 2
- IPA(key): /mul.ħa/
Noun
مُلْحَة • (mulḥa) m (plural مُلَح (mulaḥ))
- a white colour mixed with black (for example black hair going white, a dusty white colour, greyness light enough to near whiteness)
- a beautiful, elegant, witty or facetious story
References
Lane, Edward William (1863), “ملح”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /milħ/
Adjective
مِلْح • (milḥ)
- salty, saline
- Synonym: مَالِح (māliḥ)
References
- Wehr, Hans (1979), “ملح”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
Moroccan Arabic
Etymology
From Arabic مِلْح (milḥ, “salt”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mlaħ/, /malħ/
Noun
مْلَح or مَلْح • (mlaḥ or malḥ) m (plural ملحة (malḥa))
- salt
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic مِلْح (milḥ, “salt”).
Noun
ملح • (milh)
- salt, a common substance chemically consisting of sodium chloride
- Synonyms: طوز (tuz), نمك (nemek)
- (chemistry) salt, one of the compounds formed from the reaction of an acid with a base
- (figuratively) wit, intellect, knowledge, learning
- (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
- Turkish: milh
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “milh”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3223
- Kélékian, Diran (1911), “ملح”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1220
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687), “Sal”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum, Vienna, column 1502
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “ملح”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 4888
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “ملح”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1970
South Levantine Arabic
| Root |
|---|
| م ل ح |
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 • (malḥ) m
- salt
See also
- مالح (māleḥ, “salty”)