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قلعت

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with the concept of hair becoming curly or frizzy. It describes the state of hair and the action of causing it to become so.

Derived headwords

اقلعتverb
  1. 1.
    became curlyboth

    The hair became curly or frizzy.

اقلعدverb
  1. 1.
    became curlyclassical

    This verb is used as a synonym for 'اقلعت' (iqla'at), meaning the hair became curly or frizzy.

جعدadjective
  1. 1.
    curlyboth

    Describes hair that is curly, frizzy, or kinky.

Parallel reading

اقلعت الشعر، كاقلعد: جعد.
The hair became curly, like 'aqla'ada: it became curly.