غليظ

See also: غلیظ

Arabic

Etymology

From the root غ ل ظ (ḡ-l-ẓ); compare غَلُظَ (ḡaluẓa, to be thick, to be rough, to be rude, etc.).

Adjective

غَلِيظ (ḡalīẓ) (feminine غَلِيظَة (ḡalīẓa), common plural غِلَاظ (ḡilāẓ), elative أَغْلَظ (ʾaḡlaẓ))

  1. thick
  2. burly, gross (person, body)
  3. viscous
  4. stringy, tough (food)
  5. coarse, crude
  6. rough
  7. harsh, rude
  8. inviolable, sacred (oath, alliance)
  9. obtuse
  10. dull of intellect
  11. miserly, niggardly
  12. opaque

Declension

References

  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), غليظ”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), غلظ”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
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