Lane's Lexicon (Edward Lane, 1863)

مُتَمَلِّحٌ ذ : see مَلَّاحٌ.

1 مَلَخَ ذ , aor. مَلَخَ , inf. n. مَلْخٌ; (K;) and ↓ امتلخ; (L;) He pulled, or drew, a thing, grasping with the hand, or biting, (L, K,) and so pulling or drawing it out. (L.) ― -b2- ↓ امتلخ He pulled out a thing; (L, K;) drew it forth: or drew it forth quickly. (L.) He drew his sword. (S, K.) He pulled out his tooth: (S:) and his eye. (Lh.) It (an eagle) pulled out an eye; (S;) as also ↓ تملّخ. (K, TA.) He pulled away his hand from the hand of a person grasping him. (L.) He pulled out a ripe date from its skin. (L.) He pulled off flesh from a bone. (L.) He pulled off the bridle and bit from the head of a beast of carriage. (L, K.) ― -b3- مَلَخَ, aor. مَلَخَ , (L, K,) inf. n. مَلْخٌ, (S, L, K,) He went, or journeyed, at a vehement rats: (S, L, K:) or, at an easy rate: and, sometimes, vehemently: (ISd:) or, quickly: (TA:) or he (a beast) stretched forth his arms in the pace called حُضْر, in any way, well or ill. (Ibn-Hánee.) ― -b4- مَلَخَ فِى الأَرْضِ He went away journeying through the land, or earth. (TA.) ― -b5- فُلَانٌ يَمْلَخُ فِى البَاطِلِ, (S,) inf. n. مَلْخٌ, (S, K,) Such a one goes to and fro, and occupies himself much, in vain affairs: (S, K:) or goes quickly and easily therein: (Sh:) or plays, or sports, and perseveres, therein. (L.) ― -b6- مَلْخٌ البَاطِلِ i. q. التَّبَخْتُرُ [ Walking in an affected manner ] (L, in art. ضندد.) ― -b7- مَلَخَ القَوْمُ مَلْخَةً صَالِحَةً The people, or party, went, or journeyed, far in the land. (S.) ― -b8- مَلَخَ He (a man) fled (IAar; and Az, from several Arabs of the desert.) -A2- مَلُخَ, aor. مَلُخَ , inf. n. مَلَاخَةٌ, It (flesh-meat) was, or became, tasteless, or insipid; (S;) [ i. q. مَسُخَ]. See سَلَاخَةٌ.

5 تَمَلَّخَ see 1.

8 اـِمْتَلَخَ see 1.

مَلِيخٌ ذ , applied to flesh-meat, (S,) or, accord. to some, specially to a new-born camel that is slaughtered when it falls from its mother's belly, (L,) That has no taste; tasteless; insipid; (S, L, K;) i. q. مَسِيخٌ. (S.) See سَلِيخٌ. ― -b2- Corrupt: (L, K:) or any corrupt food. (IAar, L.) ― -b3- مَلِيخٌ Milk that slips from the hand. (L.)

[ مَلُوخِيَّةٌ ذ Corchorus olitorius, or Jews' mallow: so used in the present day. See خُبَّازٌ.]

مَلَّاخٌ ذ Vehement in journeying, or in his pace. (S, * TA.) ― -b2- A slave who runs away often. (L, K.)

مَالِخٌ ذ Fleeing; as also مَاخِلٌ and خَامِلٌ. (Az.)

مُمْتَلَخُ العَقْلِ ذ (tropical:) A man deprived, or despoiled of his reason. (S, TA.) ― -b2- الصُّلْبِ ↓ مُتَمَلِّخِ A man weakened, or enervated, in the back-bone, or back; (K;) as though it were pulled asunder. (TA.)

مُتَمَلِّخٌ ذ : see مُمْتَلَحٌ.

1 مَلِدَ ذ , [aor. مَلَدَ ,] (TA,) inf. n. مَلَدٌ (K, TA) and مَلَدَانٌ, (M,) It (a branch, M, TA) was, or became, soft, tender, or delicate; (M, K;) and quivered, shook, or played loosely. (M, K, TA.) ― -b2- Also, inf. n. مَلَدٌ, (tropical:) He (a youth) was, or became, soft, tender, or delicate. (T, S, L.) ― -b3- See also مَلَدٌ, below. ― -b4- مَلَدَهُ He drew or pulled it; strained it; or extended or stretched it; syn. مَدَّهُ. (K.)

2 ملّدهُ ذ , inf. n. تَمْلِيدٌ, It (the imbibing of moisture) rendered it (a branch) soft, tender, or delicate. (T, L.) ― -b2- He softened it, namely a tanned skin or hide. (S, L, K.)

مَلْدٌ ذ : see أُمْلُودٌ. ― -b2- Also, The [ creature called ] غُول; (K;) i. e., i. q. سِعْلَاةٌ; or an enchantress of the jinn. (TA.)

مَلَدٌ ذ : see مَلِدَ. ― -b2- مَلَدٌ, (M, L, K,) and ↓ مَلَدَانٌ (K) (tropical:) Youth, or youthfulness; and its softness, tenderness, or delicateness. (M, L, K. * [In the CK, for نَعْمَة, is erroneously put نِعْمَةٌ.])

مَلَدَانُ ذ : see مَلَدٌ.

أَمْلَدُ ذ , أُمْلُدٌ, &c.: see أُمْلُودٌ.

أُمْلُودٌ ذ (S, M, A, L, K) and ↓ اـِمْلِيدٌ (M, L, K) and ↓ أَمْلَدٌ (S, M, L, K) and ↓ أُمْلُدٌ and ↓ أُمْلُدَانٌ and ↓ أُمْلُدَانِىٌّ and ↓ مَلْدٌ (M, L, K) Soft, tender, or delicate; (S, M, L, K;) and lithe or limber: (M, K:) the first (S, M, L, K) and second, (M, L, K,) or all, (K,) applied to a branch: (S, M, L, K:) and the first and third, (S, M, L, K,) or all, (M, L, K,) applied in the same sense to (tropical:) a man, or young man: (S, M, L, K:) or أُمْلودٌ, applied to a young man, (tropical:) beardless: (A:) or perfect in make, or full-grown, pubescent, and well-formed: (T, L:) and أُمْلُودٌ (S, M, L, K) and أُمْلُودَةٌ (M, L, K) and أُمْلُدَانِيَّةٌ (M, L) or أُمْلُودَانِيَّةٌ (K) and مَلْدَاآءُ (S, M, L, K) and مَلْدَانِيَّةٌ (M, L, K) [in the CK مُلْدَ انِيَّةٌ] applied to a woman, or a damsel, (tropical:) soft, tender, or delicate; (S, M, L, K;) and of just stature: (L:) pl. of أُمْلُودٌ (A, TA) and of اـِمْلِيدٌ (TA) أَمَالِيدُ; (A, TA;) and of مَلْدٌ, أَمْلَادٌ. (M, L.) The أ in املود and امليد is to render them quasi-coordinate to words of the classes of عُسْلُوجٌ and قِطْمِيرٌ; as is shown by their having the augmentative letters و and ى. (IJ, M, L.)

اـِمْلِيدٌ ذ : see أُمْلُودٌ. ― -b2- Also, applied to a desert (صَحْرَاآء) i. q. اـِمْلِيسٌ (S, L, K) i. e., Bare, in which is nothing. (L.)

1 مَلَذَ ذ , aor. مَلُذَ , inf. n. مَلْذٌ, He was quick in coming and going. (M, L.) This is the original signification. (L.) ― -b2- He (a horse) was quick in his running. (K, in which only the inf. n. is mentioned.) ― -b3- He (a-horse) stretched forth his arms, (مَذَّ ضَبْعَيْهِ, S, M, L, K,) in running, (S,) to a degree that he could not exceed, to overtake, (حَتَّى لَا يَجِدَ مَزِيدًا لِلِّحَاقٍ, M, L, K,) and contracted, or drew in, (حَبَسَ, [perhaps a mistake for خَنَسَ, which may mean either contracted, or threw back, ]) his hind legs to a degree that he could not exceed, to overtake, without any confusion [ in his motions ]. (M, L.) ― -b4- مَلَذَهُ, aor. مَلُذَ , inf. n. مَلْذٌ and مَلَاذَةٌ, He contented him with courteous and soothing speech, and made him to hear that which rejoiced him, without doing, or performing, anything. (T, L.) Accord. to Aboo-Is-hák, the ذ in this word is a substitute for ث. (M, L.) See مَلَثَهُ. ― -b5- مَلَذَ, inf. n. مَلْذٌ, He lied; (K;) as also مَلَثَ. (TA.) ― -b6- مَلَذَهُ, (S, L,) inf. n. مَلْذٌ, (S, L, K,) He smote him and pierced him with a spear. (S, L, K. *)

مَلَذَانٌ ذ and مَلَذَانِىٌّ and مَلَاذَانِىٌّ: see مَلَّاذٌ.

مَلُوذٌ ذ : see مَلَّاذٌ.

مَلَّاذٌ ذ A man who says but does not act, or perform; (S, L, K;) a liar; (S, L;) who behaves in an artificial manner, and is not true in his affection; (M, L, K;) as also ↓ مَلُوذٌ (M, L [in the K مِلْوَذٌ, and said to be of the same measure as مِنْبَرٌ; but this seems to be a mistake]) and ↓ مَلَذَانٌ and ↓ مَلَذَانِىٌّ (M, L, K) and ↓ مَلَاذَنِىٌّ: (M, K:) [in some copies of the K, by a mistake in the last vowel-sign, each of the last three of these epithets is as though it were syn. with مَلْذٌ, the inf. n of مَلَذَ, “ he lied ” &c.:] or a liar, who, if asked, will not tell truly whence he comes; as also all the above epithets: (M, L:) and ↓ مَلَذَانٌ one who makes a show of sincerity, faithfulness, or honesty, concealing, or meditating, what is different therefrom. (S, L.) ― -b2- Also مَلَّاذٌ Stealthy, (M, L,) and light, or active; applied to a wolf. (M, L, K.)

See art. ملص and Supplement.

1 مَلُسَ ذ , aor. مَلُسَ ; (M, A, Msb, K;) and مَلِسَ, aor. مَلَسَ ; (Msb;) or the second form is مَلَسَ, aor. مَلُسَ ; (K;) [but the last of the inf. ns. here following seems to indicate that مَلِسَ is correct;] inf. n. مَلَاسَةٌ (S, M, A, Msb, K) and مُلُوسَةٌ, (M, K,) [accord. to rule, both of the first,] and مَلَسٌ, (M, TA,) [accord. to rule, of the second;] It was, or became, smooth, sleek, or free from asperities; the inf. n. being the contr. of خُشُونَةٌ; (S, M, K;) it had in it nothing upon which to lay hold; it was, or became, smooth to the feel; (Msb;) and ↓ املاسّ signifies the same, (S, M,) inf. n. اـِمْلِيسَاسٌ; (S;) and ↓ املسّ: (so in a copy of the A) and [in like manner] ↓ تملّس (S, A) and ↓ اـِمَّلَسَ, of the measure اـِنْفَعَلَ, the ن being incorporated into the م, both signify it was, or became, made, or rendered, smooth, &c. (S.) See also 4. -A2- مَلَسَ, aor. مَلُسَ , inf. n. مَلْسٌ, (tropical:) He (a man) went away quickly, or swiftly: (TA:) and مَلَسَتِ النَّاقَةُ, (M,) and الاـِبِلُ, (A,) aor. and inf. n. as before, (M,) (tropical:) the she-camel, (M,) and the camels, (A,) went quickly, or swiftly: (M, A:) or مَلْسٌ signifies the going easily, or gently: and also, contr., the going vehemently: (M:) or a gentle mode of going or journeying: (IAar:) and the being light, or active, and quick. (TA.) It is said in a trad., سِرْ ثَلَاثًا مَلْسًا, i. e., ثَلَاثَ لَيَالٍ ذَوَاتِ مَلْسٍ; or ثَلَاثًا سَيْرًا مَلْسًا; (tropical:) [ Journey thou three nights of quick, or of easy, journeying; or with a quick, or an easy, journeying; ] or ملسا signifies a certain mode of going or journeying; and is in the accus. case as an inf. n. (TA.) مَلَسَ, aor. and inf. n. as above, also signifies (assumed tropical:) It (a thing) went back, or retired, (اـِنْخَنَسَ,) quickly; (M;) and so ↓ اـِمَّلَسَ. (M, TA.) -A3- مَلَسَ الظَّلَامُ, [aor. مَلُسَ ,] (TK,) inf. n. مَلْسٌ, (A, K,) or مَلَسٌ, (S, M,) The darkness became confused; (S, M, A, K;) as also ↓ أَمْلَسَ, (TK,) inf. n. اـِمْلَاسٌ: (K:) or became in the state after that which is termed مَلَثٌ, (M,) or مَلْثٌ. (TA.) See مَلْسٌ below.

2 ملّسهُ ذ , inf. n. تَمْلِيسٌ, He rendered it smooth, sleek, or free from asperities. (S.) You say, ملّس الأَرْضَ, (TA,) بِالْمَلَّاسَةِ, (A,) inf. n. as above, (TA,) [ He smoothed the land with the ملّاسة;] he drew the مِمْلَقَة [or ملّاسة] over the land, [ and so made it smooth, or even, ] after the ploughing and sowing thereof. (TA.) -A2- Also, (S, A,) inf. n. as above, (TA,) (tropical:) He made him to escape; or to be, or become, or get, clear, quit, free, or at liberty; مِنَ الأَمْرِ from the thing, or affair; (S, K;) and منْ يَدِ غَيْرِهِ from the hand of another. (A.)

4 أَمْلَسَ see 1. ― -b2- أَمْلَسَتْ شَاتُكَ The wool of thy sheep, or ewe, fell off: (K:) from Ibn-'Abbád. (TA.)

5 تملّس ذ : see مَلُسَ. -A2- It (a smooth thing) slipped forth from the hand [&c.]. (Har, p. 119.) ― -b2- And hence, (Har, ubi supra,) (tropical:) He escaped; got away; or was, or became, or got, clear, quit, free, or at liberty; (S, * M, A, Msb, * K,) as also ↓ انملس, (S, A, K,) and ↓ اـِمَّلَسَ, of the measure اـِفْتَعَلَ, [or rather اـِنْفَعَلَ,] and ↓ املاسّ; (K;) مِنَ الأَمْرِ from the thing or affair; (S, A, TA;) and مِنْ يَدِى from my hand. (A.) ― -b3- [Hence,] تملّس مِنَ الشَّرَابِ (assumed tropical:) He recovered from the wine. (AHn, M.)

7 انملس ذ and اـِمَّلَسَ : see مَلُسَ: -A2- and مَلَسَ: -A3- and 5.

8 اـِمْتَلَسَ see 5. -A2- أُمْتُلِسَ بَصَرُهُ (tropical:) His sight was suddenly taken away. (M, A, K.)

9 اـِمْلَسَّ see مَلُسَ.

11 اـِمْلَاْسَّ see مَلُسَ: -A2- and 5.

مَلْسٌ ذ : see أَمْلَسُ. -A2- Also, مَلْسٌ, (A, K,) or ↓ مَلَسٌ, (S, M,) The confusedness of the darkness: (S, M, A, K:) or it is after the مَلَث, (M,) or مَلْث: (TA:) the ملث is the first, or commencement, of the blackness of the west; and the ملس is when the blackness has become intense, so that the time of the last عِشَاآء comes; then the ملس becomes confounded with the ملث, and the one is not distinguished from the other. (IAar.) You say, الظَّلَامِ ↓ أَتَيْتُهُ مَلَسَ, (S, M,) or مَلْسَ الظلام, (TA,) I came to him when the darkness had become confused; (S, TA;) when the night had become confused with the earth. (TA.) The word is used adverbially and otherwise. (M.) See مَلَسَ الظَّلَامُ.

مَلَسٌ ذ : see اـِمْلِيسٌ, in two places: -A2- and مَلْسٌ, throughout.

مَلَسَى ذ : see اـِمْلِيسٌ. -A2- (tropical:) A she-camel that escapes and goes away so quickly that nothing attaches, or clings, to her: (S:) or quick, or swift, in the utmost degree: (Z, K:) or quick, or swift; as also ↓ مَلُوسٌ: (M:) or the latter signifies a she-camel excellent, or good, in the pace termed عَنَق, [so I render مِعْنَاقٌ,] that outstrips, and is seen to be first among the camels in the place of pasturage and the watering-place and every journeying. (AZ, K. *) ― -b2- Also, (assumed tropical:) A man who will not remain firm to a compact, covenant, engagement, or promise; like as the smooth thing will not remain firm. (M.) It is said in a proverb, (El-Ahmar, M,) alluding to dislike, or hatred, of faults or the like, (El-Ahmar, TA,) المَلَسَى لَا عَهْدَ لَهُ (assumed tropical:) [ He who will not remain firm to a compact, &c., for him there is no compact, &c.]; (El-Ahmar, M;) meaning, that he has got out of the affair in safety, there being nothing due to him, nor anything to be demanded of him. (El-Ahmar, TA.) [But see what here follows.] ― -b3- It is said in a proverb, applied to him in whose fidelity one does not trust, (TA,) المَلَسَى لَا عُهْدَةَ لَهُ, meaning ذُو المَلَسَى; (Az, L, Msb, TA;) i. e., (assumed tropical:) He who steals a commodity, and sells it for less than its price, and escapes immediately and hides himself, so that if he who has a just claim to it come, he finds his property in the hand of him who purchased it, he takes it, and the price which the thief gained goes for nought, and the purchaser cannot return to him to recover the price: (Az, TA:) or it means, (assumed tropical:) he who goes away privily, gets out of the affair in safety, there being nothing due to him, nor anything to be demanded of him: or املسى means, a (assumed tropical:) man's selling a commodity which he has stolen, and abating the price, and then absenting himself; so that when it is plucked from the hand of the purchaser, he cannot sue the seller as responsible for the loss thereof: (Msb:) or (tropical:) the sale to which attaches no claim upon the seller for having acted unjustly: (A, TA:) or (assumed tropical:) the selling a thing without making one's self responsible for any loss or the like that may be occasioned by it. (TA.) One says, also, in selling, مَلَسَى لَا عُهْدَةَ, meaning, that he has escaped from the affair, or become quit of it; that there is nothing due to him, nor anything to be demanded of him: [i. e., (assumed tropical:) I am quit of the affair: no claim shall be made for indemnification. ] (S.) You say, also, أَبِيعُكَ المَلَسَى لَا عُهْدَةَ, meaning, (tropical:) [ I sell to thee on the condition that ] thou shalt get thee away, and not return to me, (S, Msb, K,) nor have any claim upon me for indemnification. (Msb.) [In some copies of the S, here and in art. عهد, the verbs by which the meaning is explained are of the third person, as though referring to the things sold; but the right reading I hold to be that which I have followed. See also art. عهد.]

مَلُوسٌ ذ : see مَلَسَى.

مَلِيسٌ ذ : see أَمْلَسُ, in two places: -A2- and اـِمْلِيسٌ.

مُلَيْسَاآءُ ذ : dim. of مَلْسَاآءُ, fem. of أَمْلَسُ, which see, in two places.

مَلَّاسَةٌ ذ An implement (S, A, K) of wood (A, TA) with which land is made smooth, or even; (S, A, K;) as also ↓ مِمْلَسَةٌ. (A, TA.)

أَمْلَسُ ذ Smooth; sleek; free from asperities; [ contr. of خَشِنٌ;] (S, M, K;) having in it nothing upon which to lay hold; smooth to the feel; (Msb;) and ↓ مَلِيسٌ signifies the same; (TA;) and ↓ مَلْسٌ [in like manner], anything smooth or soft: (TA:) fem. of the first, مَلْسَاآءُ: (M, A, &c.:) and pl. مُلْسٌ. (A.) You say, ثَوْبٌ أَمْلَسُ [ A smooth garment, or piece of cloth ]. And صَخْرَةٌ مَلْسَاآءُ [ A smooth rock ]. (A, TA.) And قَوْسٌ مَلْسَاآءُ and ↓ مَلِيسٌ A bow in which is no crack. (M.) And ضَرَبَهُ عَلَى مَلْسَاآءِ مَتْنِهِ and ↓ مُلَيْسَائِهِ He struck him upon the even and smooth part of his back. (M.) ― -b2- (tropical:) A camel (A) having a sound back, (S, K,) free from mange or scab. (A, TA.) So in the proverb, (S,) هَانَ عَلَى الأَمْلَسِ مَا لَاقَى الدَّبِرُ (tropical:) [ What he that had galls on his back experienced was a light matter to him that had a sound back ]: (S, K:) applied to him who has an ill concern for his companion. (K.) ― -b3- أَرْضٌ مَلْسَاآءُ: see اـِمْلِيسٌ. ― -b4- سَنَةٌ مَلْسَاآءُ (tropical:) A year without herbage: (A:) or a year of sterility: pl. أَمَالِيسُ, contr. to rule. (M.) ― -b5- المَلْسَاآءُ (tropical:) The lowest heaven. (TA, art. جرب.) ― -b6- قَهْوَةٌ مَلْسَاآءُ (A) or خَمْرٌ مَلْسَاآءُ (K) (tropical:) Wine easy to swallow; (A;) wine that descends easily in the throat. (K.) ― -b7- مَلْسَاآءُ [as an epithet in which the quality of a subst. predominates] (assumed tropical:) Sour milk with which pure [ fresh ] milk is mixed; as also ↓ مُلَيْسَاآءُ. (IDrd, K.) ― -b8- جِلْدُهُ أَمْلَسُ (tropical:) He has no blame attaching to him. (A, TA.) ― -b9- خِمْسٌ أَمْلَسُ (tropical:) A fatiguing, severe [ journey such as is called ] خمس. (K.)

اـِمْلِيسٌ ذ (S, K,) and with ة, (Ibn-'Abbád, K,) (tropical:) A desert in which is no herbage: pl. أَمَالِيسُ (S, K) and أَمَالِسُ, [the latter] contr. to general rule, (K,) the ى being suppressed by poetic licence: (TA:) or أَمَالِسُ signifies land in which are no trees, nor fresh nor dry herbage, nor wild animals; sing, اـِمْلِيسٌ; app. from مَلَاسَةٌ, [inf. n. of مَلُسَ,] i. e., smooth land, in which is nothing: (Sh, L, TA: *) or أَمَالِيسُ is pl. of أَمْلَاسٌ, which is pl. [of pauc.] of ↓ مَلَسٌ, meaning, an even place, (M, TA,) in which is no herbage; (TA;) and the pl. of mult. is مُلُوسٌ: and you say also, ↓ أَرْضٌ مَلَسٌ and ↓ مَلَسَى and ↓ مَلْسَاآءُ and اـِمْلِيسٌ, meaning, land that produces no herbage; (M, TA;) and the pl. is أَمَالِسُ and أَمَالِيسُ, contr. to analogy [unless pls. of اـِمْلِيسٌ, in which case the former only is so]. (TA.) ― -b2- You say also, رُمَّانٌ اـِمْلِيسٌ (T, M, TA,) and ↓ اـِمْلِيسِىٌّ, (T, S, M, K, TA,) as though the latter were a rel. n. from اـِمْلِيسٌ, (T, S, K, TA,) not, as is implied in the [S, and] K, as meaning a desert, but as syn. with ↓ اـِمْلِيسِىٌّ; (TA;) (assumed tropical:) A sweet pomegranate, having no stones: (T, M, TA:) and accord. to Lth, رُمَّانٌ مَلِيسٌ signifies (assumed tropical:) the sweetest kind of pomegranate, which is that without stones. (TA.) [See شَنْبَاآءُ, voce أَشْنَبُ.]

اـِمْلِيسَةٌ ذ : see اـِمْلِيسٌ.

اـمْلِيسِىٌّ ذ : see اـِمْلِيسٌ.

ممْلَسَةٌ ذ : see مَلَّاسَةٌ.

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.)

4 املص ذ , (K,) inf. n. اـِمْلَاصٌ, (TA,) It (a thing) made, or caused, to slip. (K.) ― -b2- Hence, (TA,) املصت جَنِينَهَا, (Mgh, TA,) or بِجَنيِنِهَا, (Abu-l-'Abbás, TA,) or بِوَلَدِهَا, (S,) or املصت [alone], (M, A, K,) She (a woman, S, M, A, Mgh, and a camel, M, TA) brought forth her fœtus, or offspring, prematurely, (S, M, A, Mgh,) or dead: (K:) i. q. أَزْلَقَتْ بِهِ and أَسْهَلَتْ بِهِ and حَطَأَتْ بِهِ. (Abu-l-'Abbás, TA.) ― -b3- املص also signifies He (a man) became poor, needy, or indigent. (TA.)

5 تَمَلَّصَ see 1, in three places.

7 انملص ذ and امّلص : see 1, in three places; and see 7 in art. دلص.

مَلْصٌ ذ (tropical:) Naked: [in the present day commonly preceded by عُرْيَان (vulgarly pronounced عَرْيَان), and with it signifying stark naked: ] as though become divested of his clothes like a rope that is become divested of its villous coating. (TA.)

مَلِصٌ ذ A thing that slips out from one's hand by reason of its smoothness; as also ↓ مَلِيصٌ and ↓ أَمْلَصُ: (M:) a rope from which the hand slips, (S, K,) not being able to keep hold of it; (S, TA;) as also ↓ مَلِيصٌ. (TA.) You say, سَمَكَةٌ مَلِصَةٌ (M, A) A fish that slips from the hand by reason of its smoothness: (M:) or that gets loose or free, or escapes, and slips [away]: (A:) or, accord. to AA, (TA,) المَلِصَةُ signifies الأَطُومُ مِنَ السَّمَكِ [app. meaning a kind of thick-skinned fish ]. (K, TA.)

مَلِيصٌ ذ : see مَلِصٌ, in two places: ― -b2- and see مُمْلَصٌ, in two places.