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قَلَعَ

Root: قلع

Form: 1

Full Definition

قَلَعَI and He pulled, plucked, tore, wrenched, or rooted, out, or up, or off; detached; removed from his or its place; displaced; eradicated; uprooted; unrooted.
2 تَقْلَعُ (K in art. جذو) and تقلعُ السَّيْرَ [app. for تَقْلَعُ فِى السَّيْرِ], said of she-camels, [app. They raise their feet clear from the ground: see قَلِعٌ and قُلْعٌ: the pret. seems to be قَلِعَ: so if تَقْلَعُ be the right reading: but in a copy of the K it seems to be تُقْلِعُ: see جَاذٍ, art. جذو.
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