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دهلق

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

This root appears to relate to the act of flaying or stripping the skin off an animal, particularly in a way that causes it to peel or come off easily. It describes a specific method of skinning.

Derived headwords

الدَّهْلَقَةnoun
  1. 1.
    flayingclassical

    The act of taking the skin of an animal and flaying it in such a way that it peels off easily.

Parallel reading

أهمله الجوهري، وصاحب اللسان:وقال ابن عباد: هو أخذك جلد الدابة تحلقه حتى تراه يتملص كما في العباب والتكملة.
Al-Jawhari and the author of Al-Lisan omitted it. Ibn 'Abbad said: It is your taking the skin of the animal and flaying it until you see it peeling off, as in Al-'Ubab and Al-Takmilah.
هو أخذك جلد الدابة تحلقه
It is your taking the skin of the animal and flaying it
حتى تراه يتملص
until you see it peeling off