Arabic

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Etymology

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Morphologically from the root ص ل ع (ṣ-l-ʕ).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /sˤal.ʕa/, /sˤul.ʕa/

Noun

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صَلْعَة or صُلْعَة (ṣalʕa or ṣulʕaf (plural صَلْعَات (ṣalʕāt) or صُلْعَات (ṣulʕāt))

  1. bald pate, bald head

Declension

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References

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