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علو
Root entry · 1 derived lemmaالمُعَلِّى ذ : see 2. ― -b2- Also He who comes to the milch beast [meaning the she-camel, when she is to be milked, ] from the direction of her left side: (S, K:) or the she-camel has two milkers; one of them holds the milking-vessel on the right side, and the other milks on the left side; and the milker [ thus standing on the left side ] is called المُعْلِّى and ↓ المُسْتَعْلِى; and the holder, البَائِنُ: thus in the M: or ↓ المُسْتَعْلِى is he who stands on the left side of the milch beast: or he who takes the milking-vessel with his left hand and milks with his right hand: or he who milks from the left side. (TA.)
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المُعَلِّى
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