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قلعد

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to the concept of curling or becoming curly, specifically in reference to hair. It is closely associated with another root, قلعط, which shares a similar semantic field.

Derived headwords

اقلعدverb
  1. 1.
    to become curlyclassical

    To become curly, specifically referring to hair that curls up.

اقلعد الشعرverb
  1. 1.
    hair became curlyclassical

    The hair became curly.

Parallel reading

اقلعد الشعر كاقلعط
The hair became curly, like (it would be with) قلعط.
وسنذكره في ترجمة قلعط إن شاء الله
And we will mention it in the translation of قلعط, God willing.