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Arabic root

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

WordMeaningTypeIn the QuranTaught in
مِلْح
milḥ
saltnoun, A12×Fruits & Vegetables
مَالِح
māliḥ
saltyadjective, A1Spices, 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 مَّحْجُورًا

And 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.

Quran 25:53
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 تَشْكُرُونَ

And 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.

Quran 35:12

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).

Word cards with examples

A1noun
مِلْح
milḥ

salt

Example
أَعْطِنِي المِلْحَ مِنْ فَضْلِكَ
aʿṭinī al-milḥa min faḍlika
Give me the salt please
A1adjective
مَالِح
māliḥ

salty

Example
الشُّورْبَةُ مَالِحَةٌ كَثِيرًا
ash-shūrbatu māliḥatun kathīran
The soup is too salty

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