غَلْغَلَ

Root: غل

Form: R. Q. 1

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غَلْغَلَ

R. Q. 1 Verbal.Noun غَلْغَلَةٌ: see 1, first sentence.
2 غَلْغَلَ رِسَالَةٌ إِلَى صَاحِبِهَا [He conveyed a message, or letter, to the person to whom it pertained: see the pass. part. n., below].

def.2 And غَلْغَلَةٌ signifies also A breaking [of the bone of the nose, and of the head of a flask or bottle], like غَرْغَرَةٌ.

def.3 [See مُغَلْغِلَةٌ.I do not find any instance of the usage of غَلْغَلَ otherwise than as trans.: but in the TK, and hence by Freytag, غَلْغَلَةٌ in a sense in which it is expl. below is regarded as an Verbal.Noun, and consequently the verb is said to signify He went quickly; which is a meaning of R. Q. 2.]

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