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ملج

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

1 مَلَجَ أُمَّهُ ذ , (S, K,) aor. مَلُجَ ; and مَلِجَهَا, aor. ; (K;) inf. n. مَلْجٌ; (S, K;) He (a child) sucked [ the breast of ] his mother: (S:) or he took his mother's teat with the extremity of his mouth. (S, K.) And مَلَجَ النَّاقَةَ, said of a young camel, He sucked the she-camel; like سَلَجَهَا. (L, TA, in art. سلج.)

Derived headwords

مَلَجَ أُمَّهُverb
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مَلَجَ النَّاقَةَ