م-ل-ح
Mim-Lam-Ha
2 words from this root family
About this root
Mim-Lam-Ha (م-ل-ح) has 2 words in the Fahm dictionary: milḥ (salt), māliḥ (salty).
In the Quran, words built on this root occur 2 times in 2 verses, across 2 of the 114 suras. The first is in 25:53. The form مِلْح (salt) accounts for all of them.
Themes: Food, Dining, Adjectives, Taste
Words from this root
| Word | Meaning | Type | In the Quran | Taught in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
مِلْح milḥ | salt | noun, A1 | 2× | Fruits & Vegetables |
مَالِح māliḥ | salty | adjective, A1 | Spices, Sweets & More Food |
“In the Quran” counts every occurrence of that dictionary form, in any of its senses.
In the Quran
۞ وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى مَرَجَ ٱلْبَحْرَيْنِ هَـٰذَا عَذْبٌ فُرَاتٌ وَهَـٰذَا مِلْحٌ أُجَاجٌ وَجَعَلَ بَيْنَهُمَا بَرْزَخًا وَحِجْرًا مَّحْجُورًاAnd He it is Who hath given independence to the two seas (though they meet); one palatable, sweet, and the other saltish, bitter; and hath set a bar and a forbidding ban between them.
وَمَا يَسْتَوِى ٱلْبَحْرَانِ هَـٰذَا عَذْبٌ فُرَاتٌ سَآئِغٌ شَرَابُهُۥ وَهَـٰذَا مِلْحٌ أُجَاجٌ ۖ وَمِن كُلٍّ تَأْكُلُونَ لَحْمًا طَرِيًّا وَتَسْتَخْرِجُونَ حِلْيَةً تَلْبَسُونَهَا ۖ وَتَرَى ٱلْفُلْكَ فِيهِ مَوَاخِرَ لِتَبْتَغُوا۟ مِن فَضْلِهِۦ وَلَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَAnd the two seas are not alike: this, fresh, sweet, good to drink, this (other) bitter, salt. And from them both ye eat fresh meat and derive the ornament that ye wear. And thou seest the ship cleaving them with its prow that ye may seek of His bounty, and that haply ye may give thanks.
Arabic text: Tanzil Quran Text (Uthmani 1.1), CC BY 3.0, tanzil.net. English: Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), public domain, via Project Gutenberg. Counts and verse choice: Quranic Arabic Corpus morphology data (corpus.quran.com).