ثلج

See also: بلح‎, تلخ‎, بلخ‎, and تلج‎

Arabic

Root
ث ل ج‎ (ṯ-l-j)

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ṯalg- (“snow”). Cognate with Akkadian 𒊭𒀠𒄖𒌝 (šalgum) and Biblical Hebrew שֶׁלֶג‎ (šɛ́lɛḡ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /θald͡ʒ/
  • (file)

Noun

ثَلْج • (ṯalj) m (plural ثُلُوج‎ (ṯulūj))

  1. (uncountable) snow
  2. (collective) ice cube

Declension

Descendants

  • Egyptian Arabic: تلج‎ (talg)
  • Gulf Arabic: ثلج‎ (ṯalj)
  • Hijazi Arabic: ثلج‎ (talj)
  • Maltese: silġ
  • Moroccan Arabic: تلج‎ (talj)
  • → Dongolawi: tɛlığ
  • → Indonesian: salju
  • → Javanese: ꦱꦭ꧀ꦗꦸ (salju)
  • → Malay: salji
  • Ottoman Turkish: ثلج‎ (selc)
    • Turkish: selc
  • → Sundanese: ᮞᮜ᮪ᮏᮥ (salju)
  • → Swahili: theluji

Verb

ثَلَجَ • (ṯalaja) I, non-past يَثْلُجُ‎‎ (yaṯluju)

  1. to snow

Conjugation

Verb

ثَلِجَ • (ṯalija) I, non-past يَثْلَجُ‎‎ (yaṯlaju)

  1. to be delighted, to be gladdened

Conjugation

Verb

ثَلَّجَ • (ṯallaja) II, non-past يُثَلِّجُ‎‎ (yuṯalliju)

  1. to freeze, to refrigerate, to cool down

Conjugation

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ث ل ج‎
ثَلْج

Etymology

From Arabic ثَلْج‎ (ṯalj).

Pronunciation 1

  • IPA(key): /ˈtald͡ʒ/

Noun

ثلج • (talj) m (plural ثلوج‎ (tulūj))

  1. snow
  2. ice cube
See also

Pronunciation 2

  • IPA(key): /ˈtalːad͡ʒ/

Verb

ثلج • (tallaj) (form II, non-past يثلج‎ (yitallij))

  1. to freeze, to refrigerate, to cool down
    Synonym: برد‎ (barrad)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ثَلْج‎ (ṯalj, “snow”).

Noun

ثلج • (selc) (plural ثلوج‎ (suluc))

  1. snow, the frozen state of water that falls as precipitation
    Synonyms: برف‎ (berf), قار‎ (kar)

Derived terms

  • ثلج صینی‎ (selc-i sini, “sulphate of zinc”)
  • ثلجی‎ (selci, “pertaining to snow, snowy”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: selc

Further reading

South Levantine Arabic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tal.laʒ/, [ˈtal.laʒ], [ˈtal.lad͡ʒ]

Verb

ثلّج • (tallaj) (form II, present بثلّج‎ (bitallej))

  1. Alternative spelling of تلّج‎ (tallaj)
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