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طَلَسَهُ

Root: طلس

Form: 1

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طَلَسَهُI , Present.T ـِ (K, MS, O, TA, but in a copy of the A, ـُ) Verbal.Noun طَلْسٌ; and طلّسهُ , Verbal.Noun تَطْلِيسٌ; He obliterated it, or effaced it, namely, a writing; i. q. طَرَّسَهُ: or he obliterated it, or effaced it, namely a writing, [so far as] to mar, or spoil, its characters; thus differing from طرّسهُ, which signifies “ he obliterated it, or effaced it, well. ”
2 [Hence,] طَلَسَ بَصَرَهُ He took away, or destroyed, his sight: in the K [and O] طَلَسَ بَصَرُهُ his sight went away, or became destroyed; on the authority of Ibn-'Abbád.

def.2 طَلِسَ, Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun طَلَسٌ, It was, or became, old and worn-out.

def.3 طَلِسَ, Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun طَلَسٌ; and طَلُسَ, Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun طُلْسَةٌ; He, or it, was, or became, of a dusty colour, inclining to black.
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