How to say "salty" in Arabic

Cognate

Meaningsalty

Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic

مَالِح

māliḥמאלח

مالح

Hebrew · Modern Hebrew

מלוח

maluakhمَالُوَاخ

How the two words are related

Cognate

Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.

Arabic root

م-ل-ح

Hebrew root

מ-ל-ח

Built on the very same root as milḥ, 'salt', already matched true in this app's base food set, מלח / ملح. The adjective grows the same way on both sides: מלוח and māliḥ both simply mean 'salted, salty'.

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In a phrase

جُبْنَة مَالِحَة

jubna māliḥaג'בנה מאלחה

salty cheese

Feminine

مَالِحَة

māliḥaמאלחה

More words from this root

saltmilḥمِلْحמלח