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عل

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

3 عَالَلْتُ النَّاقَةَ ذ I milked the she-camel in the morning and the evening and the middle of the day: (Lh, O, TA:) in the K, erroneously, عَالَّتِ النَّاقَةُ [as meaning the she-camel was milked at those times ]: (TA:) and the subst. is ↓ عِلَالٌ: (K: [but there is no reason why this should not be regarded as a reg. inf. n.:]) Lh cites this verse, (O,) of an Arab of the desert, (TA,) اَلْعَنْزُ تَعْلَمُ أَنِّى لَا أُكَرِّمُهَا عَنِ العِلَالِ وَلَا عَنْ قِدْرِ أَضْيَافِى [ The she-goat knows that I will not preserve her from the milking in the morning and the evening and the middle of the day nor from the cookingpot of my guests ]: (O:) or, accord. to Az, عِلَالٌ signifies the milking after milking, before the udder requires it by the abundance of the milk. (TA.) [See also 6.]

Derived headwords

عَالَلْتُ النَّاقَةَverb
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اَلْعَنْزُ تَعْلَمُ أَنِّى لَا أُكَرِّمُهَا
عَنِ العِلَالِ وَلَا عَنْ قِدْرِ أَضْيَافِى