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كَالِحٌ

Root: كلح

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كَالِحٌ , act. part. n. of 1.
2 Also, Having the lip withdrawn from the teeth. So in the Kur xxiii. 106, accord. to Zj.

def.2 دَهْرٌ كَالِحٌ Severe, distressing, or afflictive, fortune, or time; as also كُلَاحٌ .
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