أَمْلَسُ
Root: ملس
Full Definition
أَمْلَسُ
Smooth; sleek; free from asperities; [contr. of
خَشِنٌ;] having in it nothing upon which to lay hold; smooth to the feel; and
مَلِيسٌ signifies the same; and
مَلْسٌ [in like manner], anything smooth or soft: fem. of the first, مَلْسَآءُ: and pl. مُلْسٌ. You say, ثَوْبٌ أَمْلَسُ [A smooth garment, or piece of cloth]. And صَخْرَةٌ مَلْسَآءُ [A smooth rock]. And قَوْسٌ مَلْسَآءُ and
مَلِيسٌ
A bow in which is no crack. And ضَرَبَهُ عَلَى مَلْسَآءِ مَتْنِهِ and
He struck him upon the even and smooth part of his back.
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3 أَرْضٌ مَلْسَآءُ: see إِمْلِيسٌ.
4 سَنَةٌ مَلْسَآءُ
5 المَلْسَآءُ
6 قَهْوَةٌ مَلْسَآءُ or خَمْرٌ مَلْسَآءُ
7 مَلْسَآءُ [as an epithet in which the quality of a subst. predominates]
8 جِلْدُهُ أَمْلَسُ
9 خِمْسٌ أَمْلَسُ
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3 أَرْضٌ مَلْسَآءُ: see إِمْلِيسٌ.
4 سَنَةٌ مَلْسَآءُ
5 المَلْسَآءُ
6 قَهْوَةٌ مَلْسَآءُ or خَمْرٌ مَلْسَآءُ
7 مَلْسَآءُ [as an epithet in which the quality of a subst. predominates]
8 جِلْدُهُ أَمْلَسُ
9 خِمْسٌ أَمْلَسُ
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