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 (ʔamlāḥ) or مِلَاح (milāḥ) or مِلَح (milaḥ) or مِلْحَة (milḥa))
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 |
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 beautiful, elegant, witty or facetious story
- respect, reverence mingled with fear
- prosperity, blessing
- grey colour, a white colour mixed with black (for example black hair going white, a dusty white colour, greyness light enough to near whiteness)
- bluish colour
- greenish colour
References
Lane, Edward William (1863), “ملح”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate 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 (in French), Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /milħ/
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
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mlaħ/, /malħ/
Ottoman Turkish
Noun
ملح • (milh)
Derived terms
- ملح الصاغه (milhü's-saga, “borax”)
- ملح بارود (milh-i barud, “saltpetre”)
- ملح حامض (milh hamiz, “supersalt”)
- ملح موحد (milh mahad, “protosalt”)
- ملحیت (milhiyet, “saltness”)
- ملحی (milhî, “saline”)
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
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