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غَلُظَ

Root: غلظ

Form: 1

Full Definition

غَلُظَI , Present.T ـُ; and غَلَظَ, Present.T ـِ; Verbal.Noun [of the former] غِلَظٌ and غِلَاظَةٌ and غِلْظَةٌ and غُلْظَةٌ and غَلْظَةٌ , all are inf. ns. of غَلُظَ, or the last three, the second and third of which are mentioned in the Bári', on the authority of IAar, are simple substs.; and perhaps غَلْظٌ may be an Verbal.Noun [of the latter verb]; It was, or became, thick, gross, big, bulky, or coarse; it became غلِّيظ; as also استغلظ . You say, غَلُظَ جِسْمُهُ His body was, or became, thick, &c. And استغلظ الزَّرْعُ i. q. غَلُظَ, The seed-produce became thick: or strong: or well grown and thick: and in like manner one says of any plant or tree: and غَلُظَتِ السُّنْبُلَةُ, and , the ear of corn produced grain. [And غَلْظَ الثَّوْبُ The garment, or piece of cloth, was thick, or coarse.] And غَلُظَتِ الأَرْضُ, Verbal.Noun غِلَظٌ, and perhaps غَلْظٌ may be also an Verbal.Noun [of this verb, or, more probably, of غَلَظَت], The land was, or became, rough, or rugged. [In this sense, also, غَلُظَ is used in relation to various things.]
2 [Said of a colour, It was dense, or deep: see غَلِيظٌ.]
3 Also He was, or became, characterized by غِلْظَة, the contr. of رِقَّة, in manners, disposition, action or conduct, speech, life, and the like; i. e., rough; coarse; rude; unkind; hard; churlish; uncivil; surly; hard to deal with; incompliant; unobsequious; evil in disposition; illnatured; or the like (S, by its explanation of غِلْظَةٌ and غِلَاظَةٌ; and Msb: *) and in like manner, [as meaning it was, or became, hard, or difficult, and the like, (see غَلِيظٌ,)] it is said of an affair: and تغلّظ is said of a crime; meaning it was gross, or great; but this is accord. to analogy only; not on the authority of hearsay. It is said in the Kur [ix. 74, and lxvi. 9], وٱغْلُظْ عَلَيْهِمْ And use thou roughness towards them: and some read وَٱغْلِظْ, with kesr to the ل. [See also غِلْظَةٌ, below.]
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