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ضجر

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

ضَجُورٌ ذ : see ضَجِرٌ. ― -b2- Also A she-camel that cries, or grumbles, (A, K,) much, (A,) on being milked, (A, K,) being distressed thereby. (A.) ― -b3- It is said in a prov., applied to a niggard from whom property is obtained by degrees, notwithstanding his nig- gardliness, اـِنَّ الضَّجُورَ قَدْ تُحْلَبُ [ Verily the she-camel that grumbles (or that grumbles much ) on being milked is sometimes milked ]. (A'Obeyd.)

Derived headwords

ضَجُورٌ
  1. 1.
اـِنَّ الضَّجُورَ قَدْ تُحْلَبُ