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جلح
Root entry · 1 derived lemmaمُجَالِحٌ مجالح i. q. مُكَابِرٌ [ Contending with another for superiority in greatness; &c.: see its verb, 3]. (S.) ― -b2- The lion. (K.) ― -b3- A she-camel that yields milk abundantly in winter: (S, K:) or that crops the twigs of the dry trees in winter, in a year of drought, and becomes fat upon them, and so preserves her milk: (IAar, TA:) pl. ↓ مَجَالِيحُ: (S, K:) or this is pl. of مُجَالِحٌ and ↓ مِجْلَاحٌ as epithets applied to a palm-tree and a she-camel that cares not for the want of rain. (AHn, TA.) And مُجَالَحَةٌ A she-camel that eats the سَمُر and عُرْفُط, whether they have leaves upon them or not. (TA.)
Derived headwords
مُجَالِحٌ
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