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كلس

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to plaster, whitewashing, and the color associated with it. It encompasses the material itself, its application, and the resulting appearance, often described as pale or whitish.

Derived headwords

الكِلْسnoun
  1. 1.
    mortar used for buildingboth

    mortar used for building

كَلَسَverb
  1. 1.
    To plasterclassical

    To coat or build with plaster.

أَكْلَسadjective
  1. 1.
    Whitishclassical

    Having a pale or whitish color, often used to describe an animal like a wolf.

الكِلْسَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Whitish colorclassical

    The pale or whitish hue associated with plaster or a similar substance.

Parallel reading

الكلس: الصاروج يبنى به.
Al-kils: The plaster with which one builds.
شاده مرمرا وجلله كلسا فللطير في ذراه وكور
He strengthened it with marble and coated it with plaster, so birds nested in its heights and hollows.
ومننه الكلسة في اللون،
And from it is the whitish color.
يقال: ذئب أكلس.
It is said: a whitish wolf.