غِلْظَة

giloZapN * and ↓ guloZapN and ↓ galoZapN : see 1: these three forms are mentioned by Zj, (TA,) and in the Bári', (Msb, TA,) on the authority of IAar, (Msb,) and by Sgh; but the first of them [only] is commonly known: (TA:) they are substs. from galuZa ; and signify Thickness, grossness, bigness, bulkiness, or coarseness. (Msb.) [And Roughness, or ruggedness. ] ― -b2- Also (tropical:) Contr. of riq~apN , in manners, disposition, action or conduct, speech, life, and the like; (TA;) i. e. roughness, coarseness, rudeness, unkindness, hardness, churlishness, incivility, surliness, roughness in manners, hardness to deal with, incompliance, unobsequiousness, evilness of disposition, illnature, or the like: (S, Msb: *) and in like manner, hardness, or difficulty, of an affair. (TA, as shown by an explanation of galiyZN .) You say, rajulN fiyhi giloZapN (tropical:) A man in whom is roughness, coarseness, rudeness, &c.; (S, Msb; *) as also ↓ gilaAZapN . (S.) And it is said in the Kur [ix. 124], waloyajiduwA fiykumo giloZapN , in which the last word is pronounced in the three different ways shown above, accord. to different readers; meaning (tropical:) [ And let them find in you ] hardness, or strength, or vehemence, and superiority in fight: (TA:) or hardness, or strength, or vehemence, and patient endurance of fight: (Bd:) or hardness, or strength, or vehemence, in enmity and in fight and in making captives. (Mgh.) And you say, bayonahumaA giloZapN (tropical:) Between them two is enmity, or hostility; as also ↓ mugaAlaZapN . (IDrd, K.)