Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

فلّسهُ

Root: فلس

Form: 2

Full Definition

فلّسهُII , Verbal.Noun تَفْلِيسٌ, He proclaimed him. or pronounced him, to be, or to have become, in a state of إِفْلَاس [meaning bankruptcy, or insolvency], or to have become مُفْلِس [meaning bankrupt, or insolvent], and paraded him among the people as such.
2 And [hence] one says, فُلِّسَ مِنْ كُلِّ خَيْرٍ [app. meaning He was pronounced destitute of all good, or of all property].

def.2 [فُلِّسَ It was marked with spots differing in colour from the rest, resembling فُلُوس, or small copper coins. (See مُفَلَّسٌ.)] تَفْلِيسُ اللَّوْنِ [used as a subst. properly so termed] signifies Spots in a colour, differing therefrom in colour, resembling فُلُوس.


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