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aklaḥa

frown, scowl, look gloomy

أَكْلَحَ

Word

Verb · Form IV

Root

ك ل ح

Forms

Present
يُكْلِحُ
Conjugation
Person PastPresentCommand
he هُوَ أَكْلَحَيُكْلِحُ—
she هِيَ أَكْلَحَتتُكْلِحُ—
they two (m.) هُما أَكْلَحايُكْلِحانِ—
they two (f.) هُما أَكْلَحَتاتُكْلِحانِ—
they (m.) هُمْ أَكْلَحُوايُكْلِحُونَ—
they (f.) هُنَّ أَكْلَحْنَيُكْلِحْنَ—
you (m.) أَنْتَ أَكْلَحْتَتُكْلِحُأَكْلِحْ
you (f.) أَنْتِ أَكْلَحْتِتُكْلِحِينَأَكْلِحِي
you two أَنْتُما أَكْلَحْتُماتُكْلِحانِأَكْلِحَا
you (m. pl.) أَنْتُمْ أَكْلَحْتُمتُكْلِحُونَأَكْلِحُوا
you (f. pl.) أَنْتُنَّ أَكْلَحْتُنَّتُكْلِحْنَأَكْلِحْنَ
I أَنا أَكْلَحْتُأُكْلِحُ—
we نَحْنُ أَكْلَحْنانُكْلِحُ—

From the same root

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 12 entries
  • كَلَحَ Form I grinned, or displayed his teeth
    , aor. , inf. n. كُلُوحٌ and كُلَاحٌ; (S, K;) and ↓ تلكّح, and ↓ اكلح, (K,) and ↓ اكلوّح; (A;) He (a man, S) grinned, or displayed his teeth, (M, rendered in the S and K by تَكَشَّرَ), frowning, or contracting his face, or looking sternly, austerely, or morosely. (S, M, K.) ― -b2- كَلَحَ فِى وَجْهِهِ He frightened him; namely a child, and a madman. (A.)
  • كلّح وَجْهَهُ Form II He contracted his face much
    He contracted his face much. (A.)
  • مُكَالَحَةٌ Form III He contended with him for superiority in strength
    [inf. n. of كالحهُ He contended with him for superiority in strength;] i. q. مُشَادَّةٌ. (S.) [And so مُجَالَحَةٌ.]
  • أَكْلَحَهُ Form IV made him to grin, or display his teeth, frowning, or contracting his face, or looking sternly, austerely, or morosely
    He (or it, L) made him to grin, or display his teeth, frowning, or contracting his face, or looking sternly, austerely, or morosely. (L, K.) ― -b2- See 1.
  • تكلّح Form V He smiled
    (tropical:) He smiled: see 1. (K.) ― -b2- Hence, (TA,) تكلّح البَرْقُ (tropical:) The lightning flashed in continued succession: (S, L, K:) also, it continued, and became concealed, in a white cloud. (L.)
  • كلح Form XIII Open entry
    see 1.
  • كَلَحَةٌ mouth and parts around it
    (tropical:) The mouth and parts around it. So in the phrase مَا أَقْبَحَ كَلَحَتَهُ How ugly is his mouth with the parts around it! (S, K.)
  • كَلَاحِ Open entry
    : see كُلَاحٌ.
  • كُلَاحٌ A year of dearth, scarcity, drought, sterility, or barrenness
    (S, K) and ↓ كَلَاحِ, the latter [indecl.] like قَطَامِ, (K,) (tropical:) A year of dearth, scarcity, drought, sterility, or barrenness. (S, K.) You say أَصَابَتْهُمْ سَنَةٌ كُلَاحٌ A year of dearth, &c., befell them. (TA.) See كَالِحٌ.
  • كَالِحٌ Having the lip withdrawn from the teeth
    , act. part. n. of 1. ― -b2- Also, Having the lip withdrawn from the teeth. (Zj, L.) So in the Kur xxiii. 106, accord. to Zj. (L.) -A2- دَهْرٌ كَالِحٌ (tropical:) Severe, distressing, or afflictive, fortune, or time; (S, K;) as also ↓ كُلَاحٌ. (TA.)
  • كَوْلَحٌ Foul, unseemly, or ugly
    Foul, unseemly, or ugly; syn. قَبِيحٌ: (K;) an epithet applied to a man. (TA.)
  • بَلَآءٌ مُكْلِحٌ A trial, or an affliction, which, by its severity, makes men grin and frown
    A trial, or an affliction, which, by its severity, makes men grin and frown. (L, from a trad.)

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