مالح

Arabic

Etymology

Root
م ل ح (m-l-ḥ)

Cognate with Hebrew מלוח (malúakh).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maː.liħ/

Adjective

مَالِح • (māliḥ) (feminine مَالِحَة (māliḥa), masculine plural مَالِحُونَ (māliḥūna), feminine plural مَالِحَات (māliḥāt))

1. salty, saline.

   Synonym: مِلْح (milḥ)

Declension

Declension of adjective مَالِح (māliḥ)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مَالِح māliḥ	الْمَالِح al-māliḥ	مَالِحَة māliḥa	الْمَالِحَة al-māliḥa
Nominative	مَالِحٌ māliḥun	الْمَالِحُ al-māliḥu	مَالِحَةٌ māliḥatun	الْمَالِحَةُ al-māliḥatu
Accusative	مَالِحًا māliḥan	الْمَالِحَ al-māliḥa	مَالِحَةً māliḥatan	الْمَالِحَةَ al-māliḥata
Genitive	مَالِحٍ māliḥin	الْمَالِحِ al-māliḥi	مَالِحَةٍ māliḥatin	الْمَالِحَةِ al-māliḥati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مَالِحَيْن māliḥayn	الْمَالِحَيْن al-māliḥayn	مَالِحَتَيْن māliḥatayn	الْمَالِحَتَيْن al-māliḥatayn
Nominative	مَالِحَانِ māliḥāni	الْمَالِحَانِ al-māliḥāni	مَالِحَتَانِ māliḥatāni	الْمَالِحَتَانِ al-māliḥatāni
Accusative	مَالِحَيْنِ māliḥayni	الْمَالِحَيْنِ al-māliḥayni	مَالِحَتَيْنِ māliḥatayni	الْمَالِحَتَيْنِ al-māliḥatayni
Genitive	مَالِحَيْنِ māliḥayni	الْمَالِحَيْنِ al-māliḥayni	مَالِحَتَيْنِ māliḥatayni	الْمَالِحَتَيْنِ al-māliḥatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مَالِحِين māliḥīn	الْمَالِحِين al-māliḥīn	مَالِحَات māliḥāt	الْمَالِحَات al-māliḥāt
Nominative	مَالِحُونَ māliḥūna	الْمَالِحُونَ al-māliḥūna	مَالِحَاتٌ māliḥātun	الْمَالِحَاتُ al-māliḥātu
Accusative	مَالِحِينَ māliḥīna	الْمَالِحِينَ al-māliḥīna	مَالِحَاتٍ māliḥātin	الْمَالِحَاتِ al-māliḥāti
Genitive	مَالِحِينَ māliḥīna	الْمَالِحِينَ al-māliḥīna	مَالِحَاتٍ māliḥātin	الْمَالِحَاتِ al-māliḥāti

Descendants

• Maltese: mielaħ

South Levantine Arabic

Root
م ل ح
3 terms

Etymology

From Arabic مَالِح (māliḥ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maː.liħ/, [ˈmæː.lɪħ]

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Adjective

مالح • (māleḥ) (feminine مالحة (mālḥa))

1. salty

See also

• ملح (milḥ, “salt”)