قلح

1 قَلِحَتْ أَسْنَانُهُ ذ , (A, Msb, K, *) aor. قَلَحَ , (Msb, K,) inf. n. قَلَحٌ, (A, * Msb, K, *) His (a man's, or- other creature's, TA) teeth became yellow: (A, K:) or became altered by yellowness or خُضْرَة [here meaning a dark, or an ashy, dustcolour; and in like manner are to be rendered similar words (primarily denoting “ greenness ”) in this art.]: (Msb:) or became discoloured by much yellowness, which thickened, and then became black, or of a dark, or an ashy, dust-colour: (L:) حِبْرٌ signifies yellowness in the teeth; and when this become much in quantity, and thick, and black, and of a dark, or an ashy, dustcolour, it is termed قَلَحٌ: (Sh:) or his teeth became yellow, and incrusted with dirt, from long disuse of the tooth-stick which is employed for cleaning them: (A'Obeyd:) or, as some say, his (a man's) teeth became yellow; and his (a camel's) teeth became of a dark, or an ashy, dust-colour. (MF. [But this is said in the TA to be strange.]) ― -b2- And قَلِحَ الرَّجُلُ The man had yellowness [&c.] in his teeth. (S.)