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حلج

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the process of separating cotton fibers from seeds, often using a specialized tool. It extends to related actions like traveling through the night and specific food or dairy preparations.

Derived headwords

حَلَجَverb
  1. 1.
    He ginned the cotton.both

    He ginned the cotton.

يَحْلِجُverb
  1. 1.
    he gins cottonboth

    The present tense form of the verb 'to gin cotton'.

  2. 2.
    he travels through the nightclassical

    The present tense form of the verb 'to travel through the night'.

حَلَّاجnoun
  1. 1.
    So he is a cotton ginner.both

    So he is a cotton ginner.

حَلِيجnoun
  1. 1.
    And the cotton is ginned.both

    And the cotton is ginned.

مَحْلُوجnoun
  1. 1.
    And ginned.both

    And ginned.

مِحْلَجnoun
  1. 1.
    ginning machineboth

    The apparatus or machine used for ginning cotton.

مِحْلَجَةnoun
  1. 1.
    ginning machineboth

    An apparatus or machine used for ginning cotton; synonymous with محلاج.

مِحْلَاجnoun
  1. 1.
    ginning toolboth

    A tool or instrument used for ginning cotton.

حَلْجَةnoun
  1. 1.
    long night's journeyclassical

    A long distance traveled during the night.

حُلَيْجَةnoun
  1. 1.
    juice of a plantclassical

    The extracted juice of a plant, possibly a type of herb or root.

  2. 2.
    date-infused liquidclassical

    A liquid in which dates have been steeped or soaked.

  3. 3.
    frothy dairy productclassical

    The frothy layer on milk or dairy after churning.

Parallel reading

حلج القطن يحلجه ويحلجه
He gins cotton, he gins it and gins it.
فهو حلاج
And he is a cotton ginner.
والقطن حليج ومحلوج
And the cotton is ginned cotton and ginned cotton.
والمحلج والمحلجة: ما يحلج عليه
And the ginning machine and the ginning machine: what is ginned upon.
والمحلاج: ما يحلج به
And the ginning tool: what is ginned with.
وحلج القوم ليلتهم أي ساروها
And the people traveled through their night, meaning they journeyed through it.
يقال: بيننا وبينهم حلجة بعيدة
It is said: Between us and them is a long night's journey.
الحليجة: عصارة نحى، أو لبن أنقع فيه تمر
The hulayjah: juice of a plant, or milk in which dates have been steeped.
هي السمن على المخض
It is the fat on the churned milk.