ملع

Root entry · 22 derived lemmas

This root primarily denotes rapid movement, speed, and swiftness, particularly in the context of travel, walking, or running. It extends to describe swift animals, light actions, and vast, open terrains where such speed is necessary or evident.

Derived headwords

ملعverb

1.
to go swiftlyboth
To travel or move rapidly across the land.
2.
to seekclassical
To pursue or seek something, implying a swift chase.
3.
to be quick and lightclassical
To exhibit speed and agility.

ملعًاnoun

1.
swift movementboth
The act of moving swiftly across the land.
2.
swift runningclassical
Intense, rapid running or galloping.

ملعانًاnoun

1.
swift runningclassical
A rapid and light gait, faster than walking but slower than galloping.

انملعverb

1.
to move swiftlyclassical
To move with great speed, especially used for a she-camel.

جمل ملوعadjective

1.
swift camelclassical
A male camel that is fast and quick in its movement.

جمل ميلعadjective

1.
swift camelclassical
A male camel that is fast and quick in its movement.

ناقة ملوعadjective

1.
swift she-camelclassical
A female camel that is fast and quick in its movement.

ناقة ميلعadjective

1.
swift she-camelclassical
A female camel that is light and fast.

ميلاعadjective

1.
swiftclassical
Describing something or someone that is very fast; a rare form derived from the root.

ميلقadjective

1.
swiftclassical
Used in conjunction with 'ميلع' to describe a fast she-camel.

الميلعnoun

1.
swift she-camelclassical
A she-camel that is light and moves with great speed.
2.
light and swiftclassical
Describing something that is light and moves quickly.
3.
a pathclassical
A path that extends as far as the eye can see.
4.
a narrow pathclassical
A narrow track in the ground, less than a cubit deep, which disappears quickly.

عقاب ملاعadjective

1.
swift eagleclassical
An eagle that is quick in striking and snatching prey, often from a height.

المليعnoun

1.
vast landclassical
A wide expanse of land, often without vegetation.
2.
open plainclassical
A wide, flat, and distant area of land.
3.
a pathclassical
A track or path that is straight and extends far.

الملاعnoun

1.
vast landclassical
A large, open desert or plain, often without vegetation.
2.
a placeclassical
A specific location or area.

ملع الفصيل أمهverb phrase

1.
the young camel nursedclassical
When a young camel suckles its mother.

ملق أمهverb phrase

1.
the young camel nursedclassical
An alternative expression for a young camel suckling its mother.

ملوعadjective

1.
swiftclassical
Describing something that moves with speed.

ميلعadjective

1.
swiftclassical
Describing something that moves with speed.

مليعnoun

1.
a narrow pathclassical
A narrow track in the ground, less than a cubit deep, which disappears quickly.

ميلعname

1.
Mil'aclassical
The name of a female dog.

مليعname

1.
Mali'classical
The name of a hill or elevated ground.

ملاعname

1.
Mala'classical
The name of a place.

Parallel reading

كنت أسير الملع والخبب والوضع

I used to travel with swiftness, galloping, and a faster gait.

الملع: السير الخفيف السريع دون الخبب، والوضع فوقه.

Al-mal'u: the light, swift gait, faster than al-khababu, and al-waḍ'u is faster than it.

الملع سرعة سير الناقة، وقد ملعت وانملعت

Al-mal'u is the speed of a she-camel's travel, and she has traveled swiftly and moved swiftly.

فتل المرافق تحدوها فتنملع

Twisting the elbows, urging her on, so she moves swiftly.

جمل ملوع وميلع: سريع، والأنثى ملوع وميلع

A swift and quick camel, and the female is swift and quick.

ويقال ناقة ميلع ميلق سريعة.

And a she-camel is described as swift and quick.

وما أسرع ملعها في الأرض وهو سرعة عنقها

And how swift is her movement across the land, which is the speed of her neck.

جاءت به ميلعة طمره

She brought it, a swift and slender one.

وتهفو بهاد لها ميلع، ... كما أقحم القادس الأردمونا

And a she-camel with a swift gait moves it, ... just as the helmsman pushed the ship.

الميلع المضطرب هاهنا وهاهنا.

Al-mayla'u: the one that sways here and there.

عقاب ملاع مضاف، وعقاب ملاع «2» وملاع وملوع: خفيفة الضرب والاختطاف

A swift eagle, and swift eagles, swift and quick: light in striking and snatching.

كأن دثارا حلقت بلبونه ... عقاب ملاع، لا عقاب القواعل

As if two carcasses circled its chest ... a swift eagle, not an eagle of short mountains.

عقاب ملاع تصيد الجرذان وحشرات الأرض.

A swift eagle that hunts rats and insects of the earth.

ولا محالة من قبر بمحنية ... أو في مليع، كظهر الترس، وضاح

And inevitably from a grave in a bend ... or in a vast plain, like the back of a shield, clear.

وإنما سمي مليعا لملع الإبل فيه وهو ذهابها.

It is only called 'mali'' because of the camels' swift movement in it, which is their going.

فأسمع واتلأب بنا مليع

So I heard and a vast plain opened up before us.

الميلع: الطريق الذي له سندان مد البصر.

Al-mayla'u: the road that extends as far as the eye can see.

إنما يكون فيما استوى من الأرض في الصحارى ومتون الأرض، يقود المليع الغلوتين أو أقل، والجماعة ملع.

It only occurs in the level parts of the land in deserts and plains; the path leads for two hours or less, and the group is 'mal'u'.

والشد يدني لاحقا وهبلعا، ... وصاحب الحرج، ويدني ميلعا

And the strong one brings the follower and the swift one, ... and the companion of the thicket, and brings Mil'a.

حمول الحي عالية مليعا

Carrying the tribe high up Mali'.

أودت به عقاب ملاع

The swift eagle destroyed it.

عقاب ملاع وهو العقيب الذي يصيد الجرذان يقال له بالفارسية موش خوار

A swift eagle, which is the kestrel that hunts rats, called in Persian 'mush khwar'.

لأنت أخف يدا من عقيب ملاع يا فتى

You are lighter of hand than a swift kestrel, O young man.

وهو عقاب تأخذ العصافير والجرذان ولا تأخذ أكبر منها.

And it is an eagle that takes sparrows and rats, but not larger prey.

ميلع التقريب يعبوب، إذا ... بادر الجونة، واحمر الأفق

Swift in approach, galloping, when ... it hastens to the horizon, and the sky turns red.

يقال ملع الفصيل أمه وملق أمه إذا رضعها.

It is said the young camel suckled its mother and nursed its mother when it drank from her.