, 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 وَجْهِهِHe frightened him; namely a child, and a madman. (A.)
كلّح وَجْهَهُForm IIHe contracted his face much
He contracted his face much. (A.)
مُكَالَحَةٌForm IIIHe contended with him for superiority in strength
[inf. n. of كالحهُHe contended with him for superiority in strength;] i. q.مُشَادَّةٌ. (S.) [And so مُجَالَحَةٌ.]
أَكْلَحَهُForm IVmade 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.
تكلّحForm VHe 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.)
كلحForm XIIIOpen entry
see 1.
كَلَحَةٌmouth and parts around it
(tropical:) The mouth and parts around it. So in the phrase مَا أَقْبَحَ كَلَحَتَهُHow ugly is his mouth with the parts around it! (S, K.)
كَلَاحِOpen entry
: see كُلَاحٌ.
كُلَاحٌA 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 كُلَاحٌA year of dearth, &c., befell them. (TA.) See كَالِحٌ.
كَالِحٌHaving the lip withdrawn from the teeth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 ― -b2- Also, Having the lip withdrawn from the teeth.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.)
كَوْلَحٌFoul, unseemly, or ugly
Foul, unseemly, or ugly; syn. قَبِيحٌ: (K;) an epithet applied to a man. (TA.)
بَلَآءٌ مُكْلِحٌA 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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