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حلء

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

حُلَاآءَةٌ حلاآءه حلاآءة and ↓ حَلُوْءٌ What is rubbed between two stones, to be applied as a collyrium (S, K) for a pain in the eyes: (TA:) [but see the verb, in the explanations of which this collyrium seems to be more correctly described:] or حَلُوْءٌ is a stone which a person with diseased eyes uses as a remedy: (K:) or, accord. to ISk, a stone that is rubbed upon, and then used as a collyrium; [i. e., its powder is so used.] (TA.) تُحَكُّ ↓ حَلُوْءَةٌ بِالذَّرَارِيحِ [ A powder for the eyes, that is rubbed together with cantharides, ] is a prov., applied to him whose words are fair, and whose actions are foul. (TA.) ― -b2- حُلَاآءَةٌ also signifies That which a currier shaves off from the inner side of a hide. (S, K.)

Derived headwords

حُلَاآءَةٌ
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