Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

غَالٌّ

Root: غل

Full Definition

غَالٌّ ; and its fem., with ة: see the next preceding paragraph.

def.2 Also Low, or depressed, ground, in which are trees, and places of growth of [the trees called] سَلَم and طَلْح: one says غَالٌّ مِنْ سَلَمٍ, like as one says عِيْصٌ مِنْ سِدْرٍ and قَصِيمَةٌ مِنْ غَضًا: or, as also غَلِيلٌ , a place of growth of [the trees called] طَلْح: or a low, or depressed, valley or torrent-bed in the ground, in which are trees: pl. غُلَّانٌ.
2 And A certain plant, [said to be] well known: pl. غُلَّانٌ.


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