Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

جَلِيدٌ

Root: جلد

Full Definition

جَلِيدٌ A woman flogged with a whip; as also with ة: pl. جَلْدَى and جَلَائِدُ: the former pl. thought by ISd to be of the former sing.; and the latter, of the latter.

def.2 Hoarfrost, or rime; i. e. dew that falls from the sky upon the ground and congeals; also called ضَرِيبٌ and سَقِيطٌ; like صَقِيعٌ.
2 Congealed, or frozen, water; ice.

def.3 See also جَلْدٌ.


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