ملص

1 مَلِصَ ذ , (S, M, A, K,) aor. مَلَصَ , (S, K,) inf. n. مَلَصٌ, (S, M,) It (a thing, S, M, or a rope, Lh, M, A, and a bridle, Lh, M,) slipped; (S;) or fell, slipping; (K;) or got loose or free, or escaped, and slipped [ away ]; (A;) or slipped out by reason of its smoothness; (M;) from one's hand; (S, M, A;) as also ↓ اـِمَّلَصَ, and ↓ تملّص: (M:) or ↓ انملص, (S, K,) also written اـِمَّلَصَ, (S,) signifies it (a thing, Lth, S,) escaped, or got loose or free, (Lth, S,) from one's hand, after having been seized or grasped: (Lth:) and [in like manner] ↓ تملّص, it, and he, (a thing, S, or a rope, TA, and a man, S, A,) became safe or secure or free, or escaped, (S, A, K,) from one's hand. (TA.) You say, مَلِصَتِ السَّمَكَةُ مِنْ يَدِى and ↓ انملصت The fish escaped and slipped from my hand. (A, TA.) And مَا كِدْتُ مِنْ فُلَانٍ ↓ أَتَمَلَّصُ I hardly escaped, or became secure, from such a one. (S, A. *) ― -b2- He went back, or retreated, fleeing; as also مَلِزَ, inf. n. مَلَزٌ. (TA.) -A2- مَلَصَهُ He set it loose, or free. (TA.) ― -b2- مَلَصَ بِسَلْحِهِ Alvum dejecit: (K:) so says Ibn-'Abbád: but in the Tekmileh, مَلَصَ بِسَهْمِهِ he shot his arrow. (TA.)