צלע

Hebrew

Etymology 1

Compare Arabic ضِلْع (ḍilʕ).

Noun

צֵלׇע • (tselá) f (plural indefinite צְלָעוֹת)

  1. A rib (as curved), literally (of the body) or figuratively (of a door, that is, leaf); hence a side, literally (of a person) or figuratively (of an object or the sky, that is, quarter); architecturally a timber (especially floor or ceiling) or plank (single or collectively, that is, a flooring): - beam, board, chamber, corner, leaf, plank, rib, side (chamber).
  2. (geometry) an edge

References

Etymology 2

Root
צ־ל־ע (ṣ-l-ʿ)

Verb

צָלַע • (tsalá') third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction)

  1. to limp
Conjugation
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