ذَلِفَ
Root: ذلف
Form: 1
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ذَلِفَI
, Present.T
ـَ Verbal.Noun ذَلَفٌ, said of a nose, It was short and small: or short in the bone, and small in the tip, or lower portion: or ذَلَفٌ is like
خَنَسٌ [Verbal.Noun of خَنِسَ, q. v.]: or the verb means it was small, and even in the tip, or lower portion: or small and slender: or thick and even in the lower extremity; or, as some say, it had in it what resembled a pit, or depression; not being very thick (لَيْسَ بِجِدِّ غَلِيظٍ): (M, K: * [in the latter I find لَيْسَ بِحَدٍّ غَلِيظٍ, which I doubt not to be a mistranscription:]) or it was short in the tip, or lower portion, and even in the bone, without prominence. And said of a man, He had a nose such as is above described.
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