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حلج
Root entry · 1 derived lemmaحَلِيجَةٌ حليج حليجه حليجة (assumed tropical:) Milk in which are dates: (K:) milk in which dates have been macerated, steeped, or soaked; (S, TA;) and which is sweet: (TA:) or clarified butter [ poured ] upon pure milk: or dregs squeezed from a butter-skin (عُصَارَةُ نِحْىٍ [or perhaps the latter word is a mistranscription for نَحًى, and, if so, the meaning is the expressed juice of the species of dates termed نَحًى]): (S, K:) and the expressed juice of حِنَّاآء: and some fresh butter milked upon: (K:) pl. حُلُجٌ: accord. to the T, حُلُجٌ signifies dates with milk: (TA:) and accord. to Kr, ↓ حَلِيجٌ, without ة, is a name given to dates milked upon, and then mashed with the hand. (ISd, TA.)
Derived headwords
حَلِيجَةٌ
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عُصَارَةُ نِحْىٍ