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كلح

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Form 1كَلَحَ2 senses · 1 main
muḍāriʿـَيَفْعَلُmaṣdarكُلُوحٌ

Core sense — he grinned, showing his teeth, with a frown; he frightened himgenerated

1.1

maṣdar كُلُوحٌ, كُلَاحٌ, تلكّح, اكلح and اكلوّح.

He (a man) grinned, or showed his teeth, frowning, contracting his face, or looking sternly or morosely. (The M; the S and K render it by تَكَشَّرَ.)

1.1.1he frightened him—كَلَحَ فِى وَجْهِهِ

Said of a child, and of a madman.

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, aor. كَلَحَ , inf. n. كُلُوحٌ and كُلَاحٌ ; (S, K;) and تلكّح , and اكلح , (K,) and اكلوّح ; (A;) He (a man, S) grinned, or displayed his teeth, (M, rendered in the S and K by تَكَشَّرَ ), frowning, or contracting his face, or looking sternly, austerely, or morosely. (S, M, K.) كَلَحَ فِى وَجْهِهِ He frightened him; namely a child, and a madman. (A.)
Form 2كلّح وَجْهَهُ1 sense

Core sense — he contracted his face muchgenerated

2.1

He contracted his face much.

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He contracted his face much. (A.)
Form 3 · maṣdarمُكَالَحَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — contending with another for superiority in strengthgenerated

3.1

[Maṣdar of كالحهُ: he contended with him for superiority in strength.]

Same as مُشَادَّةٌ. [And so مُجَالَحَةٌ.]

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[inf. n. of كالحهُ He contended with him for superiority in strength;] i. q. مُشَادَّةٌ . (S.) [And so مُجَالَحَةٌ .]
Form 4أَكْلَحَهُ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — he made him grin, showing his teeth, with a frowngenerated

4.1

He made him grin, or show his teeth, frowning, contracting his face, or looking sternly or morosely.

4.1.1

See form 1.

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He (or it, L) made him to grin, or display his teeth, frowning, or contracting his face, or looking sternly, austerely, or morosely. (L, K.) See 1.
Form 5تكلّح2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — he smiled; it flashed one flash after another, said of lightninggenerated

5.1figurative · مجاز

He smiled: see form 1.

5.1.1figurative · مجازthe lightning flashed one flash after another—تكلّح البَرْقُ

This comes from the preceding sense.

Also: it continued, and became hidden, in a white cloud.

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He smiled: see 1. (K.) Hence, (TA,) تكلّح البَرْقُ The lightning flashed in continued succession: (S, L, K:) also, it continued, and became concealed, in a white cloud. (L.)

Derived nouns 6

Nounكَلَحَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — the mouth and the parts around itgenerated

1figurative · مجازhow ugly is his mouth with the parts around it!—مَا أَقْبَحَ كَلَحَتَهُ

The mouth and the parts around it, as in this phrase.

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The mouth and parts around it. So in the phrase مَا أَقْبَحَ كَلَحَتَهُ How ugly is his mouth with the parts around it! (S, K.)
Nounكَلَاحِ1 sense

Core sense — a year of dearth, scarcity, or droughtgenerated

1

See كُلَاحٌ.

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: see كُلَاحٌ .
Nounكُلَاحٌ1 sense

Core sense — a year of dearth, scarcity, drought, or barrennessgenerated

1figurative · مجازa year of dearth, scarcity, drought, or barrenness—كَلَاحِ

The latter is indeclinable, like قَطَامِ.

a year of dearth, or the like, befell them—أَصَابَتْهُمْ سَنَةٌ كُلَاحٌ

See كَالِحٌ.

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(S, K) and كَلَاحِ , the latter [indecl.] like قَطَامِ , (K,) A year of dearth, scarcity, drought, sterility, or barrenness. (S, K.) You say أَصَابَتْهُمْ سَنَةٌ كُلَاحٌ A year of dearth, &c., befell them. (TA.) See كَالِحٌ .
Nounكَالِحٌ3 senses · 2 main

Core sense — grinning, with the lip drawn back from the teeth; severe, said of timegenerated

1

Ism fāʿil of form 1.

1.1

Also: having the lip drawn back from the teeth.

So in the Qurʾān 23:106, according to Zj.

Qur’ān 23:104 approximate — somewhere between 23:91 and 23:118 Lane cites “Kur xxiii. 106”
Qur’ān 23:104 the verse Lane’s citation points to, and it uses this root
تَلْفَحُ وُجُوهَهُمُ ٱلنَّارُ وَهُمْ فِيهَا كَـٰلِحُونَ

The Fire will burn their faces, and they will therein grin, with their lips displaced.Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’ān (1934)

2figurative · مجازsevere, distressing fortune, or time—دَهْرٌ كَالِحٌ

Also كُلَاحٌ.

Qur’ānic occurrences كَٰلِحُون
23:104
تَلْفَحُ وُجُوهَهُمُ ٱلنَّارُ وَهُمْ فِيهَا كَـٰلِحُونَ

The Fire will burn their faces, and they will therein grin, with their lips displaced.

Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.

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, act. part. n. of 1. Also, Having the lip withdrawn from the teeth. (Zj, L.) So in the Kur xxiii. 106, accord. to Zj. (L.) دَهْرٌ كَالِحٌ Severe, distressing, or afflictive, fortune, or time; (S, K;) as also كُلَاحٌ . (TA.)
Nounكَوْلَحٌ1 sense

Core sense — foul, unseemly, or ugly, said of a mangenerated

1foul, unseemly, or ugly—قَبِيحٌ

An adjective applied to a man.

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Foul, unseemly, or ugly; syn. قَبِيحٌ : (K;) an epithet applied to a man. (TA.)
Nounبَلَآءٌ مُكْلِحٌ1 sense

Core sense — a trial whose severity makes men grin and frowngenerated

1

A trial, or an affliction, whose severity makes men grin and frown.

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A trial, or an affliction, which, by its severity, makes men grin and frown. (L, from a trad.)