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علط

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

13 اِعْلَوَّطَ البَعِيرَ ذ He clung to the neck of the camel, and mounted him: (S, O, K:) or it signifies, (K,) or signifies also, (O,) he rode the camel without a [ cord such as is termed ] خِطَام [q. v.]: (Ibn-'Abbád, O, K:) or he rode the camel bare, without saddle: (K:) and اعلوّط الفَرَسَ he rode the mare without bridle. (TA.) ― -b2- And اعلوّط النَّاقَةَ, said of a camel, (O, K, TA,) He got upon the neck of the she-camel, and mounted upon her in a headlong, or heedless, manner: (TA:) or he mounted the she-camel to cover her. (O, K, TA.) ― -b3- [Hence,] اعلوّط رَأْسَهُ, (O, TA,) and اعلوّط أَمْرًا, (K, TA,) (tropical:) He pursued a headlong, or heedless, course, and plunged, or rushed, into an affair without consideration. (O, K, TA.) ― -b4- And اعلوّطهُ He took him and confined him. (Lth, * O, * K.) ― -b5- And He clave to him, (IAar, S, O, K,) like as the [ cord called ] عِلَاط cleaves to the neck of the camel. (IAar, TA.) ― -b6- And He clung to him, and drew him to him; (Ibn-'Abbád, O;) and so ↓ تَعَلْوَطَهُ. (Ibn-'Abbád, O, K.)

Derived headwords

اِعْلَوَّطَ البَعِيرَverb
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اعلوّط الفَرَسَ
اعلوّط رَأْسَهُ