غِلَافٌ
Root: غلف
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غِلَافٌ
A thing well known; i. e. a receptacle used as a repository; and a covering, or an envelope, of a thing: it is of a sword [i. e. the scabbard, or sheath; and also a case, or covering, enclosing the scabbard, or enclosing the scabbard with its appertenances]; and of a knife and the like [i. e. the sheath]; and of a flask or bottle [i. e. the case thereof]; and [likewise] of a bow; and of a camel's saddle and of a horse's saddle, [i. e. a covering] of leather and the like; and is such as the enclosing membrane (قَمِيص) of the heart; [غِلَافُ القَلْبِ signifying the pericardium;] and the pellicle (غِرْقِئ) of the egg; and the calyx of a flower; and the [imaginary] سَاهُور [q. v.] of the moon: pl. غُلُفٌ and غُلْفٌ and غُلَّفٌ. In the phrase in the Kur [ii. 82], وَقَالُوا قُلُوبُنَا غُلُفٌ, as some read it, and, accord. to one reading غُلَّفٌ, the last word means
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