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كل

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

1 كَلَّ ذ It (the sight) was, or became, dim, dull, or hebetated. (K.) ― -b2- He (a camel) was, or became, fatigued, tired, or wearied. (MA.) ― -b3- كَلَّتِ الأَيْدِى The hands, or arms, became weak; syn. ضعفت [i. e. ضَعَُفَتْ]. (Ham, 296.) [كَلَّ عَنْ فِعْلٍ He was fatigued, or weak, and so disabled, or incapacitated, from doing a thing; like أَعْيَا عَنْهُ, and ضَعَُفَ عَنْهُ: see نُخِبَ and عَرِسَ.] ― -b4- كَلَّتْ أَسْنَانُهُ, (K, art. ضرس,) inf. n. كَلَالٌ, (S, in that art.,) His teeth were set on edge, (TK, in that art.,) by eating, or drinking, what was acid, or sour. (S, K, in that art.) ― -b5- كَلَّ It (a sword, &c.) was blunt, and would not cut. (K, &c.) ― -b6- كُلَّتُهُنَّ for كُلُّهُنَّ: see Bd xxxi., last verse.

Derived headwords

كَلَّverb
  1. 1.
كَلَّتِ الأَيْدِى
كَلَّ عَنْ فِعْلٍ
أَعْيَا عَنْهُ
ضَعَُفَ عَنْهُ
كَلَّتْ أَسْنَانُهُ