kāliḥ
stern, somber
كالِح
Word
Adjective · pattern فاعِلRoot
ك ل حIn the library
تَلْفَحُ وُجُوهَهُمُ النَّارُ وَهُمْ فِيهَا كَالِحُونَ
The Qurʾān, page 348 →From the same root
- كَلَحَfrown, scowl, look gloomy
- أَكْلَحَfrown, scowl, look gloomy
- تَكَلَّحَfrown, scowl, look gloomy
- كُلاحfrowning, scowling
- كُلُوحfrowning, scowling
- كَلَحَةfacial expression
- كالِحdark, dingy
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كَالِحٌ Having the lip withdrawn from the teeth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 ― -b2- Also, Having the lip withdrawn from the teeth.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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