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حلء

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

تِحْلِىءٌ تحلىء تحليء تحلئ and ↓ تِحْلِئَةٌ The hair on the surface of a hide, and its dirt, and blackness: (K:) or what is pared off from the back of a hide. (Lh, TA in art. بشر.) ― -b2- Also What the knife spoils, of a hide, in the process of shaving it. (S, K.) ― -b3- رَجُلٌ تِحْلِئَةٌ (tropical:) A heavy, or dull, or troublesome, man, (TA,) who sticks to another [ like dirt ], and vexes him. (K.)

Derived headwords

تِحْلِىءٌ
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رَجُلٌ تِحْلِئَةٌ