سَلْجَمٌ
Root: سَلجم
Full Definition
سَلْجَمٌ
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سُلَاجِمٌ
Tall, or long; as epithets applied to a horse, and to a man, and to the iron head or blade of an arrow &c.: or, applied to this last, the former word signifies long and broad: or slender; as also سَلْمَجٌ: and the pls. of these two words are سَلَاجِمُ and سَلَامِجُ: which, applied to such iron heads or blades, signify [also] sharpened, or pointed, or sharp-pointed: and سَلَاجِمُ applied to arrows signifies long in the iron heads. سَلْجَمٌ and
سُلَاجِمٌ are also applied as epithets to a camel: thus applied, they signify Advanced in age, and strong: or the former, so applied, signifies strong: (S voce صَلْخَدٌ:) the pl. of each is سَلَاجِمُ, with fet-h [to the س].
2 Also the former, applied to the لَحْى [or jaw-bone], Strong, full-sized, and thick, or compact. And, applied to a head, Long in the لَحْيَانِ [or jaw-bones].
3 Also A well ancient (عَادِيَّةٌ) and having much water.
def.2 سَلْجَمٌ is also the name of A certain well-known plant; of those termed بُقُول; which is eaten; [namely, colza; or brassica napus oleifera: so in the present day:] it is an arabicized word, [from the Pers. شَلْغَمْ,] originally with ش, but pronounced by the Arabs with س: one should not say ثَلْجَمٌ, nor شَلْجَمٌ, or this is a word of weak authority: Az says that some pronounce it with ش, but that it is correctly with س.
2 Also the former, applied to the لَحْى [or jaw-bone], Strong, full-sized, and thick, or compact. And, applied to a head, Long in the لَحْيَانِ [or jaw-bones].
3 Also A well ancient (عَادِيَّةٌ) and having much water.
def.2 سَلْجَمٌ is also the name of A certain well-known plant; of those termed بُقُول; which is eaten; [namely, colza; or brassica napus oleifera: so in the present day:] it is an arabicized word, [from the Pers. شَلْغَمْ,] originally with ش, but pronounced by the Arabs with س: one should not say ثَلْجَمٌ, nor شَلْجَمٌ, or this is a word of weak authority: Az says that some pronounce it with ش, but that it is correctly with س.
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