ملح

See also: ملخ

Arabic

Etymology 1

Ultimately from Proto-West Semitic *milḥ-. Cognate with Hebrew מלח (melaḥ).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /milħ/

Noun

مِلْح • (milḥ) m (plural أَمْلَاح (ʔamlāḥ) or مِلَاح (milāḥ) or مِلَح (milaḥ) or مِلْحَة (milḥa))

  1. salt
  2. salt water
  3. wit, intellect
  4. knowledge
  5. scholar
  6. beauty, loveliness, grace
  7. oath
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
Descendants
  • Gulf Arabic: ملح (milḥ)
  • Moroccan Arabic: ملح
  • Maltese: melħ
  • Hindi: मिल्ह (milha)
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
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/

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

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic مِلْح (milḥ, “salt”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mlaħ/, /malħ/

Noun

مْلَح or مَلْح • (mlaḥ or malḥ) m (plural ملحة (malḥa))

  1. salt

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مِلْح (milḥ, “salt”).

Noun

ملح • (milh)

  1. salt, a common substance chemically consisting of sodium chloride
    Synonyms: طوز (tuz), نمك (nemek)
  2. (chemistry) salt, one of the compounds formed from the reaction of an acid with a base
  3. (figuratively) wit, intellect, knowledge, learning
  4. (figuratively) salt of the earth, a decent, dependable, unpretentious person

Derived terms
  • ملح الصاغه (milhü's-saga, “borax”)
  • ملح بارود (milh-i barud, “saltpetre”)
  • ملح حامض (milh hamiz, “supersalt”)
  • ملح موحد (milh mahad, “protosalt”)
  • ملحی (milhî, “saline”)
  • ملحیت (milhiyet, “saltness”)

Descendants

Further reading

South Levantine Arabic
Root
م ل ح
3 terms

Etymology

From Arabic مِلْح (milḥ, “salt”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /malħ/, [ˈma.l(ɪ)ħ]
  • IPA(key): /milħ/, [ˈmi.l(ɪ)ħ]
  • Audio (al-Lidd)(file)

Noun

ملح • (malḥ) m

  1. salt

See also
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