ملح

See also: ملخ

Arabic

Etymology 1

Cognate with Hebrew מלח.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /milħ/

Noun

مِلْح • (milḥ) m (plural أَمْلَاح (ʔamlāḥ) or مِلَاح (milāḥ) or مِلَح (milaḥ) or مِلْحَة (milḥa)). Cognate with Hebrew מֶלַח (melaḥ).

1. salt
2. salt water
3. wit, intellect
4. knowledge
5. scholar
6. beauty, loveliness, grace
7. oath

Declension

Declension of noun مِلْح (milḥ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مِلْح milḥ	الْمِلْح al-milḥ	مِلْح milḥ
Nominative	مِلْحٌ milḥun	الْمِلْحُ al-milḥu	مِلْحُ milḥu
Accusative	مِلْحًا milḥan	الْمِلْحَ al-milḥa	مِلْحَ milḥa
Genitive	مِلْحٍ milḥin	الْمِلْحِ al-milḥi	مِلْحِ milḥi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مِلْحَيْن milḥayn	الْمِلْحَيْن al-milḥayn	مِلْحَيْ milḥay
Nominative	مِلْحَانِ milḥāni	الْمِلْحَانِ al-milḥāni	مِلْحَا milḥā
Accusative	مِلْحَيْنِ milḥayni	الْمِلْحَيْنِ al-milḥayni	مِلْحَيْ milḥay
Genitive	مِلْحَيْنِ milḥayni	الْمِلْحَيْنِ al-milḥayni	مِلْحَيْ milḥay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote‎; broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَمْلَاح‎; مِلَاح‎; مِلَح‎; مِلْحَة ʔamlāḥ‎; milāḥ‎; milaḥ‎; milḥa	الْأَمْلَاح‎; الْمِلَاح‎; الْمِلَح‎; الْمِلْحَة al-ʔamlāḥ‎; al-milāḥ‎; al-milaḥ‎; al-milḥa	أَمْلَاح‎; مِلَاح‎; مِلَح‎; مِلْحَة ʔamlāḥ‎; milāḥ‎; milaḥ‎; milḥat
Nominative	أَمْلَاحٌ‎; مِلَاحٌ‎; مِلَحٌ‎; مِلْحَةٌ ʔamlāḥun‎; milāḥun‎; milaḥun‎; milḥatun	الْأَمْلَاحُ‎; الْمِلَاحُ‎; الْمِلَحُ‎; الْمِلْحَةُ al-ʔamlāḥu‎; al-milāḥu‎; al-milaḥu‎; al-milḥatu	أَمْلَاحُ‎; مِلَاحُ‎; مِلَحُ‎; مِلْحَةُ ʔamlāḥu‎; milāḥu‎; milaḥu‎; milḥatu
Accusative	أَمْلَاحًا‎; مِلَاحًا‎; مِلَحًا‎; مِلْحَةً ʔamlāḥan‎; milāḥan‎; milaḥan‎; milḥatan	الْأَمْلَاحَ‎; الْمِلَاحَ‎; الْمِلَحَ‎; الْمِلْحَةَ al-ʔamlāḥa‎; al-milāḥa‎; al-milaḥa‎; al-milḥata	أَمْلَاحَ‎; مِلَاحَ‎; مِلَحَ‎; مِلْحَةَ ʔamlāḥa‎; milāḥa‎; milaḥa‎; milḥata
Genitive	أَمْلَاحٍ‎; مِلَاحٍ‎; مِلَحٍ‎; مِلْحَةٍ ʔamlāḥin‎; milāḥin‎; milaḥin‎; milḥatin	الْأَمْلَاحِ‎; الْمِلَاحِ‎; الْمِلَحِ‎; الْمِلْحَةِ al-ʔamlāḥi‎; al-milāḥi‎; al-milaḥi‎; al-milḥati	أَمْلَاحِ‎; مِلَاحِ‎; مِلَحِ‎; مِلْحَةِ ʔamlāḥi‎; milāḥi‎; milaḥi‎; milḥati

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “ملح”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “ملح”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /milħ/

Adjective

مِلْح • (milḥ)

1. salty, saline

   Synonym: مَالِح (māliḥ)

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “ملح”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

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Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic مِلْح (milḥ, “salt”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mlaħ/
• IPA^(key): /mɪlħ/

Noun

ملح • (mlaḥ or melḥ) m (plural ملحة (melḥa))

1. salt