Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

تَصَعْلَكَ

Root: صعلك

Form: Q. 2

Full Definition

تَصَعْلَكَ
Q. 2
He was, or became, poor, or needy. And He made a show of poverty. [He affected to be such as is termed صُعْلُوك.]
2 تصعلكت الإِبِلُ The camels cast, or shed, their fur, and, some add, became bare. Accord. to Sh, The camels became slender in their legs in consequence of fatness [of the body; app. meaning that their legs became slender in comparison with their bodies]. And accord. to As, تصعلك said of a horse, He became slender, and shed his abundant and long hair.


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