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حملج

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the act of twisting or coiling, particularly with intensity. It also extends to a specific tool used by goldsmiths.

Derived headwords

حَمْلَجَverb
  1. 1.
    to twist intenselyboth

    To twist a rope or cord with great force and tightness.

مُحَمْلَجadjective
  1. 1.
    intensely twistedboth

    Describing something, like a rope or cord, that has been twisted very tightly.

الحِمْلاَجnoun
  1. 1.
    goldsmith's bellowsclassical

    A tool used by goldsmiths to blow air, typically a bellows, for heating metal.

Parallel reading

حملج الحبل، أي فتله فتلا شديدا.
He intensely twisted the rope, meaning he twisted it with great force.
قلت لخود كاعب عطبول * مياسة كالظبية الخذول ترنو بعينى شادن كحيل * هل لك في محملج مفتول
I said to a graceful, full-breasted, slender young woman, swaying like a shy gazelle, gazing with the eyes of a kohl-eyed fawn: 'Do you desire a tightly twisted (rope)?'
والحملاج: منفاخ الصائغ.
And the himlaj: the goldsmith's bellows.