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غلم

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

غَيْلَمٌ ذ : see غَلِمٌ. ― -b2- Also A beautiful woman. (TA.) ― -b3- And A youth, or young man, broad, (K, TA,) in the M large, (TA,) in the place of the parting of the hair of the head, having much hair; (K, * TA;) as also ↓ غَيْلَمِىٌّ. (Lth, K, TA.) ― -b4- مَا بِالدَّارِ غَيْلَمٌ means [ There is not in the house ] any one. (K.) -A2- Also The tortoise: (TA:) or the male tortoise. (S, K, TA. [In the Msb said to be, in this sense, غَلِيم, like زَبِيب.]) ― -b2- And The frog. (K.) [Or so عَيْلَمٌ.] -A3- And The place whence issues the water in wells. (K. [See also عَيْلَمٌ.]) -A4- The word signifying “ a comb, ” and “ a [thing with which the head is scratched, called] مِدْرًى, ” is فَيْلَم, with ف, but has been mistranscribed [غَيْلَم], (K, TA,) by Lth, as has been notified by Az. (TA.)

Derived headwords

غَيْلَمٌ
  1. 1.
مَا بِالدَّارِ غَيْلَمٌ