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2 فلّسهُ ذ , (S, A, O, Msb, K,) inf. n. تَفْلِيسٌ, (S, O, Msb, K,) He (a judge) proclaimed him. (S, A, O, Msb,) or pronounced him, (O, K,) to be, or to have become, in a state of إِِفْلَاس [meaning bankruptcy, or insolvency], (S, A, O, K,) or to have become مُفْلِس [meaning bankrupt, or insolvent], and paraded him among the people as such. (Msb.) ― -b2- And [hence] one says, فُلِّسَ مِنْ كُلِّ خَيْرٍ [app. meaning He was pronounced destitute of all good, or of all property]. (TA.) -A2- [فُلِّسَ It was marked with spots differing in colour from the rest, resembling فُلُوس, or small copper coins. (See مُفَلَّسٌ.)] تَفْلِيسُ اللَّوْنِ [used as a subst. properly so termed] signifies Spots in a colour, differing therefrom in colour, resembling فُلُوس. (M.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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