غلّلهُ
Root: غل
Form: 2
Full Definition
غلّلهُII
, or غلّل لِحْيَتَهُ, بِالغَالِيَةِ, Verbal.Noun تَغْلِيلٌ, He perfumed him, or daubed, or smeared, his beard, much, the teshdeed denoting muchness, with
غَالِيَة: and بالغالية and
and
تَغَلْغَلَ
He perfumed himself with
غالية: Lh mentions تَغَلَّى بِالغَالِيَةِ, which is either from the word غَالِيَة or originally تَغَلَّلَ, in the latter case being like تَظَنَّيْتُ for تَظَنَّنْتُ, but the former is the more agreeable with analogy: accord. to Fr, one says, بالغالية, and not تَغَلَّيْتُ: As held
from الغالية to be allowable if meaning I introduced the
غالية
into my beard or my mustache; and the like is the case with respect to غَلَّلْتُ بِهَا لِحْيَتِى: accord. to Lth, one says, from الغالية, غَلَّلْتُ and غَلَّفْتُ and غَلَّيْتُ. (TA. [See also 1 in art. غلف; and see art. غلى.])
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