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كلس

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

The root كلس primarily relates to a type of plaster or whitewash, often compared to gypsum or lime. It extends to the act of applying this material, and metaphorically to covering or coating something. It also has a less common meaning related to carrying a burden or becoming fearful.

Derived headwords

الكِلْسnoun
  1. 1.
    Plaster/Whitewashboth

    A substance used for building and coating walls, similar to gypsum or lime plaster.

  2. 2.
    Gypsumclassical

    A soft sulfate mineral composed of calcium sulfate dihydrate, often used in construction.

كَلَسَverb
  1. 1.
    To plaster/whitewashboth

    To apply plaster or whitewash to a wall or building.

  2. 2.
    To carry/bearclassical

    To carry a burden or load, especially upon one's back.

  3. 3.
    To become fearful/fleeclassical

    To become cowardly and run away.

تَكَلَّسَverb
  1. 1.
    To be plastered/whitewashedboth

    To have plaster or whitewash applied to it.

تَكْلِيسnoun
  1. 1.
    Plastering/Whitewashingboth

    The act of applying plaster or whitewash.

  2. 2.
    Smoothingclassical

    The act of making something smooth, often by applying plaster.

مُكَـلَّسadjective
  1. 1.
    Plastered/Whitewashedboth

    Having plaster or whitewash applied to it.

مُقَرْمَدadjective
  1. 1.
    Thickly plasteredclassical

    Describing a wall or surface that has been coated with a thick layer of plaster.

أَكْلَسadjective
  1. 1.
    Whitish/Paleclassical

    Describing a color that is pale or whitish, like that of lime or plaster.

Parallel reading

الكلس: مثل الصاروج يبنى به
Al-kils: like the plaster used for building.
وقيل: الكلس الصاروج
And it is said: Al-kils is the plaster.
وقيل: الكلس ما طلي به حائط أو باطن قصر شبه الجص من غير آجر
And it is said: Al-kils is what a wall or the interior of a palace is coated with, resembling gypsum but not brick.
وجلله كلسا
And he coated it with kils (plaster).
تشاد بآجر لها وبكلس
It is built with its bricks and its plaster.
وقد كلس الحائط
And the wall has been plastered.
والتكليس: التمليس
And at-taklis: smoothing.
فإذا طلي ثخينا، فهو المقرمد
And if it is applied thickly, it is al-muqarmad.
وكلس على القوم وكلل وصمم إذا حمل
And he carried (a burden) upon the people, and became weary and disheartened if he was burdened.
كلس فلان على قرنه وهلل إذا جبن وفر عنه
So-and-so became fearful upon his horn (or: became cowardly) and fled if he was afraid.
والكلسة في اللون، يقال ذئب أكلس
And al-kalsah is in color; it is said of a wolf, akals (whitish).