ضلع
العربية
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ضلع¹
Where it comes from
ض ل ع (ḍ l ʕ)?
verb ضَلَعَ · ḍalaʕa · يَضْلَعُ · ضَلْع · ضَالِع
- to side
- to cooperate, to make common cause
verb ضَلُعَ · ḍaluʕa · يَضْلُعُ · ضَلَاعَة · ضَلِيع
- to be strong, to be robust, to be sturdy
verb ضَلِعَ · ḍaliʕa · يَضْلَعُ · ضَلَع · ضَلِع
- to curve, to be bent
verb ضَلَّعَ · ḍallaʕa · يُضَلِّعُ · تَضْلِيع · مُضَلِّع
- to bend, to (cause to) curve
- to stripe, to make have streaks
ضلع²
Where it comes from
Compare Aramaic אלעא (el‘ā, el‘o, “rib”) and Hebrew צֵלָע (tselá', “rib”).
noun ضَلْع · ḍalʕ · الضَّلْع · ضَلْعٌ
- verbal noun of ضَلَعَ (ḍalaʕa) (form I)
- affection, attachment
- sympathy ضَلْعُهُ مَعهُ
noun ضِلْع · ضِلَع · ḍilʕ · ḍilaʕ · ضُلُوع · أَضْلَاع
- rib
- cutlet, chop
- side (of a triangle)
- post, banister (of a balustrade)
ضلع³
noun ضَلَع · ḍalaʕ · الضَّلَع · ضَلَعٌ
- verbal noun of ضَلِعَ (ḍaliʕa) (form I)
In English
- rib curved bone
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