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رجل

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

رَاجِلَةٌ ذ The pastor's كَبْش [or ram ] upon which he conveys, or puts to be borne, his utensils. (AA, O, K.) So in the saying of a poet, فَظَلَّ يَعْمِتُ فِى قَوْطٍ وَرَاجِلَةٍ يُكَفِّتُ الدَّهْرَ اـِلَّا رَيْثَ يَهْتَبِدُ (AA, TA,) meaning [ And he passed the day ] spinning from a portion of wool [ wound in the form of a ring upon his hand ], termed عَمِيتَه, [ amid a flock of sheep, with a ram upon which he conveyed his utensils, ] ever collecting [ to himself ], and coveting, or labouring to acquire, save when he was sitting cooking هَبِيد [i. e. colocynths or their seeds or pulp ]. (T and TA in art. عمت: where راجلة is likewise explained as above.)

Derived headwords

رَاجِلَةٌ
  1. 1.
فَظَلَّ يَعْمِتُ فِى قَوْطٍ وَرَاجِلَةٍ
يُكَفِّتُ الدَّهْرَ اـِلَّا رَيْثَ يَهْتَبِدُ