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Q. 2 تَصَعْلَكَ ذ He was, or became, poor, or needy. (S, * O, * K.) And He made a show of poverty. (KL.) [He affected to be such as is termed صُعْلُوك.] ― -b2- تصعلكت الإِِبِلُ The camels cast, or shed, their fur, (S, K, TA,) and, some add, became bare. (TA.) Accord. to Sh, The camels became slender in their legs in consequence of fatness [of the body; app. meaning that their legs became slender in comparison with their bodies]. (TA.) And accord. to As, تصعلك said of a horse, He became slender, and shed his abundant and long hair. (TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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