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ملء

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

مِلْءٌ ذ [ A thing sufficient in quantity, or dimensions, for the filling of a vessel, &c., or] the quantity that a vessel, &c., holds when it is filled. (S, K.) ― -b2- أَعْطِهِ مِلْأَهُ وَمِلْأَيْهِ وَثَلَاثَةَ أَمْلَاآئِهِ Give it (i. e., the cup, TA) what will fill it; and what will twice fill it; and what will thrice fill it. (S, K.) ― -b3- حَجَرٌ مِلْءُ الكَفِّ A stone that fills the hand. (TA.) ― -b4- لَكَ الحَمْدُ مِلْءُ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ To Thee be praise that shall fill the heavens and the earth. (TA.) ― -b5- مِلْءُ كِسَائِهَا A fat woman; that fills her كساء when she covers herself with it. (TA, from a trad.)

Derived headwords

مِلْءٌ
  1. 1.
أَعْطِهِ مِلْأَهُ وَمِلْأَيْهِ وَثَلَاثَةَ أَمْلَاآئِهِ
حَجَرٌ مِلْءُ الكَفِّ
لَكَ الحَمْدُ مِلْءُ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ
مِلْءُ كِسَائِهَا