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فلذ
Root entry · 1 derived lemmaفُولَاذٌ ذ , (T, M, O, L, Msb, K,) an arabicized word, (T, O, Msb,) from the Pers. بُولَاد [or فُولَاد or Pُولَاد], (O,) and ↓ فَالُوذٌ also, (M, L, K,) Steel; i. e. purified and refined iron; or the pure part of iron; (T, M, O, L, Msb, K;) which is added in other iron: (M, L:) pl. فَوَالِيذُ. (A.) One says, الضَّرْبُ بِالفَوَالِيذِ خَيْرٌ مِنَ الضَّرَْبِ فِى الفَوَالِيذِ [ The smiting with the weapons of steel in battle is better than the thick white honey in the sweet messes of the kind called فالوذ]. (A.)
Derived headwords
فُولَاذٌ
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الضَّرْبُ بِالفَوَالِيذِ خَيْرٌ مِنَ الضَّرَْبِ فِى الفَوَالِيذِ