المليع

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes vast, barren, or distant flat lands. It also encompasses concepts of swiftness in animals, particularly camels and horses, and actions related to swift movement or stealthy taking.

Derived headwords

المليعnoun

1.
Vast landboth
An extensive, wide area of land.
2.
Barren landboth
Land that is devoid of vegetation.
3.
Distant flat landclassical
A remote, level expanse of land.
4.
Narrow ravineclassical
A narrow passage in the earth, less than a man's height in depth, which soon disappears.

ملعnoun

1.
Swift she-camelclassical
A she-camel that is fast.
2.
Swift horseclassical
A horse that is fast.

الميلعnoun

1.
Swift she-camelclassical
A she-camel that is fast.
2.
Swift horseclassical
A horse that is fast.

ملعnoun

1.
Pathclassical
A name for a road or path.

الميلعadjective

1.
Tallclassical
Describing someone or something as tall.
2.
Agileclassical
Describing someone or something as moving quickly and nimbly.

ميلعnoun

1.
She-camelclassical
A name for a she-camel.

الملاعnoun

1.
Barren desertboth
A desert or vast expanse of land that has no vegetation.

ملاعnoun

1.
Land with eaglesclassical
Land to which eagles are associated, in the saying 'eagles destroyed them'.

عقاب ملاعnoun

1.
Eagle that hunts ratsclassical
A type of eagle that preys on rats.

ملعnoun

1.
Unity in enmityclassical
A state of being united in hostility or enmity towards someone.

أملعتverb

1.
To move swiftlyclassical
Said of a she-camel or horse when it moves at a fast pace.
2.
To have a fast gaitclassical
Said of a she-camel or horse, referring to the speed of its neck's movement.

امتلعتverb

1.
To move swiftlyclassical
Said of a she-camel or horse when it moves at a fast pace.
2.
To have a fast gaitclassical
Said of a she-camel or horse, referring to the speed of its neck's movement.

ملعverb

1.
To skin from the neckclassical
To skin a sheep starting from its neck.

امتلعverb

1.
To skin from the neckclassical
To skin a sheep starting from its neck.
2.
To snatchclassical
To steal or snatch something stealthily.

Parallel reading

المليع، كأمير: الأرض الواسعة، أو التي لا نبات بها، أو البعيدة المستوية

Al-mali', like amir: the vast land, or that which has no vegetation, or the distant level land.

ذاهب في الأرض ضيق، قعره أقل من قامة، ثم لا يلبث أن ms1033 ينقطع، ثم يضمحل، وإنما يكون فيما استوى من الصحاري ومتون الأرض

Going into the earth, narrow, its depth less than a stature, then it does not last long before it is cut off, then it fades away, and it only occurs in what is level of the deserts and plains of the earth.

و: الناقة والفرس السريعتان، كالميلع

And: the swift she-camel and horse, like al-mayla'.

وبلا لام: اسم طريق

And without 'al-': the name of a road.

والميلع: الطويل، والمتحرك هكذا وهكذا

And al-mayla': the tall, and the one moving thus and thus.

وبلا لام: اسم ناقة

And without 'al-': the name of a she-camel.

والملاع، كسحاب: المفازة لا نبات بها

And al-mala', like sahaab: the desert with no vegetation.

وكقطام وكسحاب، وقد يمنع: أرض أضيفت إليها عقاب في قولهم: أودت بهم عقاب ملاع

And like qattaam and like sahaab, and sometimes it is prevented: land to which eagles are added, in their saying: 'eagles of malaa' destroyed them'.

أو عقاب ملاع: هي العقيب التي تصيد الجرذان، فارسيته: موش خوار

Or 'iqaab malaa': it is the small eagle that hunts rats, its Persian: mush khawar.

وهم عليه ملع واحد: تجمعوا عليه بالعداوة

And they are upon him as one 'mal': they gathered against him with enmity.

وأملعت الناقة، وامتلعت: مرت مسرعة، أو هما سرعة عنقها

And the she-camel 'amla'at, and imtala'at: she passed swiftly, or it is the speed of her neck.

وملع الشاة، كمنع: سلخها من قبل عنقها، كامتلعها

And to 'mal' the sheep, like mana': to skin it from its neck, like imtilaa'iha.

وامتلعه: اختلسه

And to 'imtala'ahu: to snatch it.