قَالِصٌ
Root: قلص
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قَالِصٌ
Shade [contracting, or shrinking, from one: or] decreasing: [or going away.] شَفَةٌ قَالِصَةٌ
A contracting lip: and رَجُلٌ قَالِصُ الشَّفَةِ
a man having a contracting lip. ثَوْبٌ قَالِصٌ
A garment contracted and short: and
قميص مُقَلِّصٌ
a short shirt: or a shirt contracted, or raised, or tucked up: and
دِرْعٌ [a coat of mail contracted]: most frequently meaning upwards.
2 مَآءٌ قَالِصٌ and قَلِيصٌ and قَلَّاصٌ Water collecting and becoming abundant in a well: or rising, or high, in a well: the pl. of قَلِيصٌ is قُلُصٌ. See also 1.
2 مَآءٌ قَالِصٌ and قَلِيصٌ and قَلَّاصٌ Water collecting and becoming abundant in a well: or rising, or high, in a well: the pl. of قَلِيصٌ is قُلُصٌ. See also 1.
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