ملح

See also: ملخ

Arabic

Etymology 1

Cognate with Hebrew מלח.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /milħ/

Noun

مِلْح (milḥ) m (plural أَمْلَاح (ʾamlāḥ) or مِلَاح (milāḥ) or مِلَح (milaḥ) or مِلْحَة (milḥa)) . Cognate with Hebrew מֶלַח (melaḥ).

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

  • IPA(key): /milħ/

Adjective

مِلْح (milḥ)

  1. 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
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