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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