م ل حm-l-ḥ
(ک) مَلُحَ يَمْلُحُ مُلُوْحَةًmaluḥa yamluḥu mulūḥatan: to be salty.
مِلْحmilḥ: salt, and salt water — the opposite of عَذْبʿadhb (sweet).
مَلِيْحmalīḥ: comely (from the same root, since salt gives a thing its savour). Twice in the Quran, both times set against «عَذْب فُرَاتʿadhb furāt»: ﴿هٰذَا عَذْبٌ فُرَاتٌ وَّهٰذَا مِلْحٌ أُجَاجٌ﴾ (Al-Furqān 25:53, Fāṭir 35:12).