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غَلْظٌ

Root: غلظ

Full Definition

غَلْظٌ Rough, or rugged, land or ground; mentioned on the authority of Ibn-'Abbád; and by AHn, on the authority of En-Nadr; but it has been repudiated: and is said to be correctly غِلَظٌ : ISd says, of the former word, “ I know not whether it be [properly] syn. with غَلِيظٌ, or whether it be an Verbal.Noun used as an epithet: ” accord. to Kr, it signifies hard land without stones: Ks says that غَلْظٌ is syn. with غِلَظٌ .
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