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غلى

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

1 غَلَتِ القِدْرُ ذ , aor. تَغْلِى, inf. n. غَلْىٌ and غَلَيَانٌ, (S, MA, Msb, K,) The cooking-pot boiled; (MA, &c.;) and غَلِيَت, aor. تَغْلَى, is an unusual dial. var. thereof, the former being the more chaste; (Msb;) or غَلِيَت is not allowable. (S.) ― -b2- [Hence غَلَى said of a liquor, It estuated: it effervesced: it fermented: see نَبِيذٌ ― -b3- And hence] يَغْلِى دَمُهُ [as though meaning (assumed tropical:) His blood is fit to be shed ] is a phrase like رَابَ دَمُهُ, [q. v.], said of one who has exposed himself to slaughter: his blood being likened to milk that has become thick, and fit to be churned. (A in art. روب.) ― -b4- And غَلِىَ الرَّجُلُ, like رَضِىَ in measure [but see what has been said of this form of the verb above], (tropical:) The man became vehemently angry. (IKtt, TA.)

Derived headwords

غَلَتِ القِدْرُverb
  1. 1.
يَغْلِى دَمُهُ
رَابَ دَمُهُ
غَلِىَ الرَّجُلُ