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غلف

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

أَغْلَفُ ذ [ Enclosed ] in a غِلَاف [q. v.]; applied in this sense to a sword, as also [the fem.] غَلْفَاآءُ to a bow; (S, O, K;) and likewise to anything. (S, O. [See also مُغَلَّفٌ.]) ― -b2- And A man having upon him a sort of garment from beneath which he has not put forth his fore arms. (Khálid Ibn-Jembeh, L, TA.) ― -b3- And, applied to a man, i. q. أَقْلَفُ; (S, Mgh, O, K;) i. e. (Mgh) Uncircumcised: (Mgh, Msb:) fem. غَلْفَاآءُ [see بَظْرٌ]: and pl. غُلْفٌ. (Msb.) ― -b4- Applied also to a heart, meaning (assumed tropical:) As thought it were covered with a غِلَاف, so that it does not learn; (S, O, Msb, K, TA;) or covered from hearing and accepting the truth. (TA.) See also غِلَافٌ. [And see مُغَلَّفٌ.] ― -b5- أَرْضٌ غَلْفَاآءُ (assumed tropical:) A land that has not been depastured, so that there is in it every sort of small and large herbage. (Sh, O, K.) And سَنَةٌ غَلْفَاآءُ (assumed tropical:) A year in which is abundance of herbage; (S, O, K, TA;) and so عَامٌ أَغْلَفُ. (TA.) And عَيْشٌ أَغْلَفُ (assumed tropical:) Life that is ample in its means or circumstances, unstraitened, or plentiful, and easy, or pleasant. (S, O, K, TA.)

Derived headwords

أَغْلَفُ
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أَرْضٌ غَلْفَاآءُ
سَنَةٌ غَلْفَاآءُ
عَامٌ أَغْلَفُ