غ ل س

Arabic

Root

غ ل س • (ḡ-l-s)

1. related to the twilight before dawn, the darkness of the last part of the night

Derived terms

• Form II: غَلَّسَ (ḡallasa)
  • Verbal noun: تَغْلِيس (taḡlīs)
  • Active participle: مُغَلِّس (muḡallis)
  • Passive participle: مُغَلَّس (muḡallas)
• Form IV: أَغْلَسَ (ʔaḡlasa)
  • Verbal noun: إِغْلَاس (ʔiḡlās)
  • Active participle: مُغْلِس (muḡlis)
  • Passive participle: مُغْلَس (muḡlas)

• غَلَس (ḡalas, “twilight before dawn; the corresponding colour (black mixed with whiteness or redness)”)
• غَلِيس (ḡalīs, “a proper name for a wild ass whose colour is black mixed with whiteness or redness”)
• أَغْلَسُ (ʔaḡlasu, “coloured black mixed with whiteness or redness”)

References

• Lane, Edward William (1863) “غ ل س”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate