Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

غَالَّةٌ

Root: غل

Full Definition

غَالَّةٌ [as a subst.] A part broken off from the shore of the sea and become collected together in a place. [Expl. by Freytag as signifying “ Pars maris, quæ in litore abrupta est: ” and as being a word of the dial. of El-Yemen: on the authority of IDrd.]


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