حلب

1 حَلَبَ حلب , (S, Mgh, Msb, K,) aor. حَلُبَ (S, Msb, K) and حَلِبَ , (K,) inf. n. حَلَبٌ (S, A, Msb, K) and حَلْبٌ (A, Mgh, Msb, K) and حِلَابٌ; (K;) and ↓ احتلب; (S, K;) He milked (TA) a she-camel (S, Mgh, Msb, TA) &c., (Msb,) a ewe, a she-goat, and a cow: (TA:) he drew forth the milk in the udder: (A, K: [see also 10:]) and حَلَبَ اللَّبَنَ [ he drew the milk from the udder ]. (S and K in art. رثأ, &c.) حَلَبْتَ بِالسَّاعِدِ الأَشَدِّ [ Thou hast milked with the strongest fore arm ] is a prov., meaning thou hast asked aid of him who will perform thine affair, or thy want: (TA:) or, accord. to A'Obeyd, حَلَبْتُهَا الخ I have milked her &c., meaning I have taken it by force when I could not by gentle means. (TA in art. شد.) And حُلِبَتْ صَرَامِ, (TA,) or صُرَامُ, (S, and some copies of the K, in art. صرم,) The last milk was, or has been drawn from the udder, is another prov., used in a case when an evil has attained its crisis: (TA:) or it means (assumed tropical:) the excuse reached, or has reached, its utmost point: (AO, S and K in art. صرم:) or the she-camel that hah [ little or ] no milk was milked, or has been milked; denoting a calamity. (IB, TA in art. صرم.) And اـِنْ كُنْتَ كَاذِبًا فَحَلَبْتَ قَاعِدًا If thou lie, mayest thou milk sitting; i. e., lose thy camels, and become an owner only of sheep or goats, and thus, after having milked camels standing, milk sheep or goats sitting: this, also, is a proverbial saying, like the following: مَا لَهُ حَلَبَ قَاعِدًا وَا@صْطَبَحَ بَارِدًا [ What aileth him? ] May he [be reduced to] milk a sheep or goat sitting, and drink cold water, not hot milk. (TA.) And حَلَبَ الدَّهْرَ أَشْطُرَهُ (assumed tropical:) He experienced good fortune and evil, is another prov. (TA. [See this and other exs. in art. شطر.]) So, too, ثُمَّ أَقْلَعَتْ ↓ حَلَبَتْ حَلْبَتَهَا (TA [but not there explained]) [lit. She performed her act of milking, and then desisted: but, as explained in Freytag's Arab. prov. (i. 343 and 281), meaning (assumed tropical:) It (a cloud, سَحَابَة,) sent forth a fine rain, and then ceased: and some read حَلْبَةً ↓ أَحْلَبَتْ, meaning the same: see another reading voce جَلَبَ]. ― -b2- [Hence, حَلَبَهُ (assumed tropical:) He mulcted him: see an ex. voce فَشَّ: and see حَلَبٌ.] ― -b3- [Hence also,] حَلَبَ, (A, K,) aor. حَلُبَ , (A,) inf. n. حَلْبٌ, (TA,) (tropical:) He set himself upon his knees, in the posture of the milker: (A:) he sat on his knees; (K;) or on his knee: he sat on his knee in eating, or in milking a ewe or she-goat: he kneeled. (TA.) You say, اُحْلُبْ وَكُلْ (tropical:) [ Kneel thou like the milker, and eat ]: (A:) it denotes a lowly [and becoming] mode of sitting while eating. (TA.) لَيْسَ فِى كُلِّ حِينٍ ا@حْلُبْ فَا@شْرُبْ (tropical:) [ Not at every time is it said, kneel thou, and understand ] is a prov. applied in the case of anything that is forbidden, or denied: AA says that الحلب signifies the act of kneeling; and الشرب the understanding a thing: and one says to a stupid person, اُحْلُبْ ثُمَّ ا@شْرُبْ Kneel thou; then understand: one says also, ليس كلُ حين احلب فاشرب [in Freytag's Arab. Prov., ii. 437, thus: فَأَشْرَبَ ↓ لَيْسَ كُلُّ حِينٍ أَحْلَبَ, and explained as meaning Not every time permits to milk and then to drink: i. e. not every time aids thee in performing a work; therefore thou shouldst act prudently, and not expend thy wealth without rule and measure.] (TA.) -A2- حَلَبَ الرَّجُلَ, aor. حَلُبَ , He milked for the man. (S.) ― -b2- حَلَبَهُ and ↓ احلبهُ He assigned to him, to be milked by him, a ewe or she-goat, and a she-camel: (K:) or the latter, he assigned to him what he should milk. (S.) -A3- حَلَبُوا, (K,) aor. حَلُبَ , (TA,) inf. n. حَلْبٌ and حُلُوبٌ, They assemble, or collected themselves together, from every quarter. (K, TA.) [See also 4.] -A4- حَلِبَ, aor. حَلَبَ , It (hair &c.) was, or became, black. (K.)