| Root |
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| م ل ح (m-l-ḥ) |
Compare مَلُحَ (maluḥa, “to be salty, to be handsome”), مِلْح (milḥ, “salt, beauty”). Since salt has been costly and made dishes notably “tasty”, the sense of “beautiful” developed.
مَلِيح • (malīḥ) (feminine مَلِيحَة (malīḥa), common plural مِلَاح (milāḥ), masculine plural مُلَحَاء (mulaḥāʔ), feminine plural مَلِيحَات (malīḥāt), elative أَمْلَح (ʔamlaḥ))
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| basic singular triptote | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Informal | مَلِيح malīḥ |
الْمَلِيح al-malīḥ |
مَلِيحَة malīḥa |
الْمَلِيحَة al-malīḥa |
| Nominative | مَلِيحٌ malīḥun |
الْمَلِيحُ al-malīḥu |
مَلِيحَةٌ malīḥatun |
الْمَلِيحَةُ al-malīḥatu |
| Accusative | مَلِيحًا malīḥan |
الْمَلِيحَ al-malīḥa |
مَلِيحَةً malīḥatan |
الْمَلِيحَةَ al-malīḥata |
| Genitive | مَلِيحٍ malīḥin |
الْمَلِيحِ al-malīḥi |
مَلِيحَةٍ malīḥatin |
الْمَلِيحَةِ al-malīḥati |
| Dual | Masculine | Feminine | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Informal | مَلِيحَيْن malīḥayn |
الْمَلِيحَيْن al-malīḥayn |
مَلِيحَتَيْن malīḥatayn |
الْمَلِيحَتَيْن al-malīḥatayn |
| Nominative | مَلِيحَانِ malīḥāni |
الْمَلِيحَانِ al-malīḥāni |
مَلِيحَتَانِ malīḥatāni |
الْمَلِيحَتَانِ al-malīḥatāni |
| Accusative | مَلِيحَيْنِ malīḥayni |
الْمَلِيحَيْنِ al-malīḥayni |
مَلِيحَتَيْنِ malīḥatayni |
الْمَلِيحَتَيْنِ al-malīḥatayni |
| Genitive | مَلِيحَيْنِ malīḥayni |
الْمَلِيحَيْنِ al-malīḥayni |
مَلِيحَتَيْنِ malīḥatayni |
الْمَلِيحَتَيْنِ al-malīḥatayni |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | ||
| basic broken plural diptote; basic broken plural triptote | sound feminine plural; basic broken plural triptote | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Informal | مُلَحَاء; مِلَاح mulaḥāʔ; milāḥ |
الْمُلَحَاء; الْمِلَاح al-mulaḥāʔ; al-milāḥ |
مَلِيحَات; مِلَاح malīḥāt; milāḥ |
الْمَلِيحَات; الْمِلَاح al-malīḥāt; al-milāḥ |
| Nominative | مُلَحَاءُ; مِلَاحٌ mulaḥāʔu; milāḥun |
الْمُلَحَاءُ; الْمِلَاحُ al-mulaḥāʔu; al-milāḥu |
مَلِيحَاتٌ; مِلَاحٌ malīḥātun; milāḥun |
الْمَلِيحَاتُ; الْمِلَاحُ al-malīḥātu; al-milāḥu |
| Accusative | مُلَحَاءَ; مِلَاحًا mulaḥāʔa; milāḥan |
الْمُلَحَاءَ; الْمِلَاحَ al-mulaḥāʔa; al-milāḥa |
مَلِيحَاتٍ; مِلَاحًا malīḥātin; milāḥan |
الْمَلِيحَاتِ; الْمِلَاحَ al-malīḥāti; al-milāḥa |
| Genitive | مُلَحَاءَ; مِلَاحٍ mulaḥāʔa; milāḥin |
الْمُلَحَاءِ; الْمِلَاحِ al-mulaḥāʔi; al-milāḥi |
مَلِيحَاتٍ; مِلَاحٍ malīḥātin; milāḥin |
الْمَلِيحَاتِ; الْمِلَاحِ al-malīḥāti; al-milāḥi |
مَلِيح • (malīḥ)
| Root |
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| م ل ح |
| 1 term |
مليح • (mlīḥ) (feminine مليحة (mlīḥa), common plural ملاح (mlāḥ), masculine plural مليحين (mlīḥīn), feminine plural مليحات (mlīḥāt), elative أملح (ʔamlaḥ) or ملح (mlaḥ))
مليح (mlīḥ)