Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

by Edward William Lane (1801-1876)

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كلج كلح كلحب


1. ⇒ كلح

كَلَحَ, aor. ـَ {يَكْلَحُ}, inf. n. كُلُوحٌ and كُلَاحٌ; (Ṣ, Ḳ;) andتلكّح↓, andاكلح↓, (Ḳ,) andاكلوّح↓; (A;) He (a man, Ṣ) grinned, or displayed his teeth, (M, rendered in the Ṣ and Ḳ by تَكَشَّرَ), frowning, or contracting his face, or looking sternly, austerely, or morosely. (Ṣ, M, Ḳ.)

Root: كلح - Entry: 1. Signification: A2

كَلَحَ فِى وَجْهِهِ He frightened him; namely a child, and a madman. (A.)


2. ⇒ كلّح

كلّح وَجْهَهُ He contracted his face much. (A.)


3. ⇒ كالح

مُكَالَحَةٌ [inf. n. of كالحهُ He contended with him for superiority in strength;] i. q. مُشَادَّةٌ. (Ṣ.) [And so مُجَالَحَةٌ.]


4. ⇒ اكلح

أَكْلَحَهُ He (or it, L) made him to grin, or display his teeth, frowning, or contracting his face, or looking sternly, austerely, or morosely. (L, Ḳ.)

Root: كلح - Entry: 4. Signification: A2

5. ⇒ تكلّح

تكلّحHe smiled: see 1. (Ḳ.)

Root: كلح - Entry: 5. Signification: A2

Hence, (TA,) تكلّح البَرْقُThe lightning flashed in continued succession: (Ṣ, L, Ḳ:) also, it continued, and became concealed, in a white cloud. (L.)


13. ⇒ اكلوّح


كَلَحَةٌ

كَلَحَةٌ ‡ The mouth and parts around it. So in the phrase مَا أَقْبَحَ كَلَحَتَهُ How ugly is his mouth with the parts around it! (Ṣ, Ḳ.)


كَلَاحِ

كَلَاحِ: see كُلَاحٌ.


كُلَاحٌ

كُلَاحٌ (Ṣ, Ḳ) andكَلَاحِ↓, the latter [indecl.] like قَطَامِ, (Ḳ,)A year of dearth, scarcity, drought, sterility, or barrenness. (Ṣ, Ḳ.) You say أَصَابَتْهُمْ سَنَةٌ كُلَاحٌ A year of dearth, &c., befell them. (TA.) See كَالِحٌ.


كَالِحٌ

كَالِحٌ, act. part. n. of 1.

Root: كلح - Entry: كَالِحٌ Signification: A2

Also, Having the lip withdrawn from the teeth. (Zj, L.) So in the Ḳur xxiii. 106, accord. to Zj. (L.)

Root: كلح - Entry: كَالِحٌ Dissociation: B

دَهْرٌ كَالِحٌSevere, distressing, or afflictive, fortune, or time; (Ṣ, Ḳ;) as alsoكُلَاحٌ↓. (TA.)


كَوْلَحٌ

كَوْلَحٌ Foul, unseemly, or ugly; syn. قَبِيحٌ: (Ḳ;) an epithet applied to a man. (TA.)


مُكْلِحٌ

بَلَآءٌ مُكْلِحٌ A trial, or an affliction, which, by its severity, makes men grin and frown. (L, from a trad.)


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