ملس

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns smoothness, slipperiness, and the absence of roughness or obstacles. It extends to concepts of escaping, swiftness, and barren land, as well as specific actions like castration and leveling.

Derived headwords

الملاسةnoun

1.
the opposite of roughness, i.e., smoothnessboth
the opposite of roughness, i.e., smoothness

أملسadjective

1.
a smooth thingboth
a smooth thing

املاسverb

1.
the thing became smoothboth
the thing became smooth

ملسverb

1.
to smoothboth
To make something smooth or sleek, often by rubbing or stroking.
2.
to castrateclassical
To castrate a ram by pulling out its testicles with their cords.
3.
to move swiftlyclassical
To move quickly and smoothly, without hindrance.

تمليسverb

1.
to be smoothedclassical
To be made smooth or sleek.

تملسverb

1.
to slip awayclassical
To escape or slip away from a situation or matter.
2.
to move swiftlyclassical
To move swiftly and smoothly, as if slipping through.

املسverb

1.
a smooth thingboth
a smooth thing

انملسverb

1.
to slip awayclassical
To escape or slip away from a matter, often implying freedom from obligation.

امليسnoun

1.
barren landclassical
A large, barren desert or plain devoid of vegetation.

أماليسnoun

1.
barren landsclassical
Plural of إمليس, referring to vast, barren desert plains without any plants.

إمليسيadjective

1.
of the barren landclassical
Attributed to or originating from the barren desert plains (إمليس).

ملسىadjective

1.
swift-movingclassical
Describing a swift-moving she-camel that does not get caught on anything due to its speed.
2.
free of obligationclassical
Used in sales to mean a transaction where the item is free from future claims or obligations.

مملوسadjective

1.
castratedclassical
Describing a young boy who has been castrated.

الملسnoun

1.
intense marketclassical
A strong, intense, or bustling market or trade.

Parallel reading

الملاسة: ضد الخشونة.

Smoothness: the opposite of roughness.

وشئ أملس.

And something smooth.

وقد املاس الشئ امليساسا، وملسه غيره تمليسا فتملس واملس، وهو انفعل فأدغم.

And the thing became smooth with smoothness, and another smoothed it with smoothing, so it became smooth and sleek, and it is (in the form of) 'infa'ala' which was assimilated.

يقال: انملس من الأمر، إذا أفلت منه، وملسته أنا.

It is said: 'He slipped away from the matter,' meaning he escaped from it, and 'I smoothed it.'

هان على الأملس ما لاقى الدبر.

'What the one with the injured back suffered was easy for the one with the sound back.'

فالاملس: الصحيح الظهر هاهنا.

So 'al-amlas' here means the one with the sound back.

وقولهم: أتيته ملس الظلام، أي حين اختلط الظلام.

And their saying: 'I came to him in the smoothness of the darkness,' meaning when the darkness had mixed.

والإمليس بالكسر: واحد الأماليس، وهي المهامه ليس بها شئ من النبات.

And 'al-imlīs' (with kasra) is one of 'al-amālīs', which are vast plains with no vegetation.

ويقال أيضا: رمان إمليسي، كأنه منسوب إليه.

It is also said: 'Imlīsī pomegranates,' as if attributed to it.

ويقال أيضا في البيع: " ملسى لا عهدة " أي قد انملس من الأمر لا له ولا عليه.

It is also said in sales: 'Milasā, no warranty,' meaning he has slipped away from the matter, neither for it nor against it.

يقال أبيعك الملسى لا عهدة، أي تتملس وتتفلت فلا ترجع إلي.

It is said: 'I sell you the milasā, no warranty,' meaning you slip away and escape, and do not return to me.

ملست الكبش أملسه ملسا، إذا سللت خصييه بعروقهما.

I castrated the ram, I milas its testicles, if you pull out its testicles with their cords.

ويقال صبي مملوس.

And a castrated boy is said.

والملس أيضا: السوق الشديد.

And 'al-mals' also means an intense market.

عهدي بأظعان الكتوم تملس

My memory is of the tents of Al-Kutum moving swiftly.

والملاسة بتشديد اللام: التى تسوى بها الارض.

And 'al-mallāsah' (with shadda on the lam) is that with which the ground is leveled.