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R. Q. 1 غَلْغَلَ ذ , inf. n. غَلْغَلَةٌ: see 1, first sentence. ― -b2- غَلْغَلَ رِسَالَةٌ إِِلَى صَاحِبِهَا [He conveyed a message, or letter, to the person to whom it pertained: see the pass. part. n., below]. (Ham p. 500.) -A2- And غَلْغَلَةٌ signifies also A breaking [of the bone of the nose, and of the head of a flask or bottle], like غَرْغَرَةٌ. (TA.) -A3- [See مُغَلْغِلَةٌ.I do not find any instance of the usage of غَلْغَلَ otherwise than as trans.: but in the TK, and hence by Freytag, غَلْغَلَةٌ in a sense in which it is expl. below is regarded as an inf. n., and consequently the verb is said to signify He went quickly; which is a meaning of R. Q. 2.]
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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