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قلح

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

أَقْلَحُ ذ (S, A, Mgh, L, Msb) and ↓ قَلِحٌ, (A,) applied to a man, (S, A, L, Msb,) and to other than man, (L,) Having, in his teeth, what is termed قَلَح [expl. above as a yellowness, &c.]: (S, A, Mgh, L, Msb:) fem. of the former قَلْحَاآءُ: and pl. قُلْحٌ. (Msb.) ― -b2- And الأَقْلَحُ signifies The جُعَل [or species of black beetle called cantharus ]; (A, K, TA;) because of the filthiness of its mouth: (A, TA:) an epithet in which the quality of a subst. is predominant. (TA.)

Derived headwords

أَقْلَحُ
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