أَمْلَسُ

Smooth; sleek; free from asperities; [opposite of خَشِنٌ;] (S, M, K;) having in it nothing upon which to lay hold; smooth to the feel; (Msb;) and ↓ مَلِيسٌ signifies the same; (TA;) and ↓ مَلْسٌ [in like manner], anything smooth or soft: (TA:) feminine of the first, مَلْسَاءُ: (M, A, &c.:) and plural مُلْسٌ. (A.) You say, ثَوْبٌ أَمْلَسُ [A smooth garment, or piece of cloth]. And صَخْرَةٌ مَلْسَاءُ [A smooth rock]. (A, TA.) And قَوْسٌ مَلْسَاءُ and ↓ مَلِيسٌ A bow in which is no crack. (M.) And ضَرَبَهُ عَلَى مَلْسَاءِ مَتْنِهِ and ↓ مُلَيْسَايءِهِ He struck him upon the even and smooth part of his back. (M.)

(tropical:) A camel (A) having a sound back, (S, K,) free from mange or scab. (A, TA.) So in the proverb, (S,) هَانَ عَلَى الأَمْلَسِ مَا لَاقَى الدَّبِرُ (tropical:) [What he that had galls on his back experienced was a light matter to him that had a sound back]: (S, K:) applied to him who has an ill concern for his companion. (K.)

أَرْضٌ مَلْسَاءُ: see إِمْلِيسٌ.

سَنَةٌ مَلْسَاءُ (tropical:) A year without herbage: (A:) or a year of sterility: plural أَمَالِيسُ, contr. to rule. (M.)

المَلْسَاءُ (tropical:) The lowest heaven. (TA, article جرب.)

قَهْوَةٌ مَلْسَاءُ (A) or خَمْرٌ مَلْسَاءُ (K) (tropical:) Wine easy to swallow; (A;) wine that descends easily in the throat. (K.)

مَلْسَاءُ [as an epithet in which the quality of a subst. predominates] (assumed tropical:) Sour milk with which pure [fresh] milk is mixed; as also ↓ مُلَيْسَاءُ. (IDrd, K.)

جِلْدُهُ أَمْلَسُ (tropical:) He has no blame attaching to him. (A, TA.)

خِمْسٌ أَمْلَسُ (tropical:) A fatiguing, severe [journey such as is called] خمس. (K.)