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غلف

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

1 غَلَفَ ذ , (S, O, Msb, K,) aor. غَلِفَ , (Msb,) inf. n. غَلْفٌ, (O, Msb, TA,) He put a bottle, or flask, (S, O, K, TA,) or a knife, (Msb,) &c., (TA,) into a غِلَاف [q. v.]; (S, O, Msb, K, TA;) as also ↓ اغلف, (S, Msb,) inf. n. اـِغْلَافٌ; (Msb;) or ↓ غلّف, inf. n. تَغْلِيفٌ: (K, TA:) or ↓ the second signifies, (Msb,) or signifies also, (S,) he furnished it with a غِلَاف; (S, Msb;) or ↓ غلّف signifies thus: (TA:) القَارُورَةَ ↓ أَغْلَفْتُ is said by Lth to be from الغِلَافُ; and so ↓ غَلَّفْتُهَا, inf. n. تَغْلِيفٌ. (O.) ― -b2- And accord. to Lth, (O,) one says, غَلَفَ لِحْيَتَهُ بِالغَالِيَةِ, (S, Mgh, O, Msb,) aor. غَلِفَ , (Msb,) inf. n. غَلْفٌ, (S,) meaning He daubed, or smeared, his beard with [ the perfume called ] غَالِيَة [q. v.], (Mgh, TA,) and likewise with other perfume, and with حِنَّاآء; (TA;) and ↓ غَلَّفَهَا: (Mgh, TA:) but accord. to IDrd, the vulgar say so: (O, Msb, TA:) he says that the correct phrase is غَلَّاهَا (Mgh, O, Msb, TA) بالغالية, (O,) and غَلَّلَهَا: (Mgh, O, Msb:) in a trad. of 'Aacute;ïsheh, however, لِحْيَةَ رَسُولِ ا@للّٰهِ ↓ كُنْتُ أُغَلِّفُ occurs as meaning I used to daub, or smear, the beard of the Apostle of God with غالية, doing so abundantly: (TA:) and one says, of a man, ↓ تغلّف (Lth, Th, S, O, TA) بِالغَالِيَةِ (Th, S, TA) وَسَائِرِ الطِّيبِ (Th, TA) [i. e. He daubed, or smeared, himself, or his beard, with غالية and the other sorts of perfume ]; and [in like manner,] ↓ اغتلف (Lth, O, TA) مِنَ الغَالِيَةِ (Lth, O) or مِنَ الطِّيبِ: (TA:) but accord. to the saying of IDrd [mentioned above], these are wrong, and should be only تَغَلَّى and تَغَلَّلَ, and اِغْتَلَى and اِغْتَلَّ: (O:) or, accord. to Ibn-El-Faraj, one says بالغالية ↓ تغلّف when it is external; and تغلّل بِهَا when it is internal, at the roots of the hair. (O, TA. [See also 2 in art. غل.]) -A2- غَلِفَ, aor. غَلَفَ , inf. n. غَلَفٌ, He was uncircumcised. (Msb.)

Derived headwords

غَلَفَverb
  1. 1.
لِحْيَتَهُ بِالغَالِيَةِ
لِحْيَةَ رَسُولِ ا@للّٰهِ
وَسَائِرِ الطِّيبِ
مِنَ الطِّيبِ
تغلّل بِهَا