ضلع

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Arabic

Etymology 1

ض ل ع (ḍ-l-ʕ)?

Verb

ضَلَعَ (ḍalaʕa) I (non-past يَضْلَعُ (yaḍlaʕu), verbal noun ضَلْع (ḍalʕ))

  1. to side
  2. to cooperate, to make common cause
Conjugation

Verb

ضَلُعَ (ḍaluʕa) I (non-past يَضْلُعُ (yaḍluʕu), verbal noun ضَلَاعَة (ḍalāʕa))

  1. to be strong, to be robust, to be sturdy
Conjugation

Verb

ضَلِعَ (ḍaliʕa) I (non-past يَضْلَعُ (yaḍlaʕu), verbal noun ضَلَع (ḍalaʕ))

  1. (intransitive) to curve, to be bent
Conjugation

Verb

ضَلَّعَ (ḍallaʕa) II (non-past يُضَلِّعُ (yuḍalliʕu), verbal noun تَضْلِيع (taḍlīʕ))

  1. (transitive) to bend, to (cause to) curve
  2. to stripe, to make have streaks
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Compare Hebrew צֵלׇע (tselá').

Noun

ضَلْع (ḍalʕm

  1. verbal noun of ضَلَعَ (ḍalaʕa) (form I)
  2. affection, attachment
  3. sympathy
    ضَلْعُهُ مَعهُhe sympathizes with him
Declension

Noun

ضِلْع or ضِلَع (ḍilʕ or ḍilaʕm (plural ضُلُوع (ḍulūʕ) or أَضْلَاع (ʔaḍlāʕ) or أَضْلُع (ʔaḍluʕ))

  1. (anatomy) rib
  2. cutlet, chop
  3. side (of a triangle)
  4. post, banister (of a balustrade)
Declension

Descendants

Etymology 3

Noun

ضَلَع (ḍalaʕm

  1. verbal noun of ضَلِعَ (ḍaliʕa) (form I)
Declension

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ضِلْع (ḍilʕ).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? zil'
Dari reading? zil'
Iranian reading? zel'
Tajik reading? zilʾ

Noun

ضلع (zel') (plural اضلاع (azlâ') or ضلع‌ها (zel'-hâ))

  1. side (bounding straight edge of a two-dimensional shape)

Descendants

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ضلع (zil', side, edge), from Arabic ضِلْع (ḍilʕ, side, edge, division). Compare Nepali जिल्ला (jillā) and Marathi जिल्हा (jilhā).

Pronunciation

Noun

ضِلْع (zil'm (Hindi spelling ज़िला)

  1. district

Declension

    Declension of ضلع
singular plural
direct ضِلَع (zila') ضِلْعے (zil'e)
oblique ضِلْعے (zil'e) ضِلْعوں (zil'õ)
vocative ضِلْعے (zil'e) ضِلْعو (zil'o)