ضلع

Arabic

Etymology 1

ض ل ع (ḍ-l-ʕ)?

Verb

ضَلَعَ • (ḍalaʕa) I, non-past يَضْلَعُ‎ (yaḍlaʕu)

  1. to side (مَعَ (maʕa), with)
  2. to make common cause (مَعَ (maʕa), with)
Conjugation

Verb

ضَلُعَ • (ḍaluʕa) I, non-past يَضْلُعُ‎ (yaḍluʕu)

  1. to be strong, sturdy, robust
Conjugation

Verb

ضَلِعَ • (ḍaliʕa) I, non-past يَضْلَعُ‎ (yaḍlaʕu)

  1. to be crooked, bent, curved, to curve
Conjugation

Verb

ضَلَّعَ • (ḍallaʕa) II, non-past يُضَلِّعُ‎ (yuḍalliʕu)

  1. to bend, curve, make crooked
  2. to stripe, to make have streaks
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Compare Hebrew צֵלׇע (tselá').

Noun

ضَلْع • (ḍalʕ) m

  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 ḍilaʕ) m (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

Noun

ضَلَع • (ḍalaʕ) m

  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

ضلع • (zilā) m (Hindi spelling ज़िला)

  1. district
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