ملج

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of suckling or drawing milk, whether by an infant from its mother or a young animal from its mother's udder. It extends to the idea of drawing sustenance or benefit, and metaphorically to base or ignoble actions.

Derived headwords

مَلَجَverb

1.
to suckleboth
To take the breast or udder with the very front of the mouth, drawing milk.

مَلَجَ الصبي أمهverb

1.
the boy suckled his motherboth
Specifically used for a child suckling its mother.

ملج الصبي أمه، أي رضعها — The boy suckled his mother, meaning he nursed from her.

امْتَلَجَverb

1.
to suck outboth
To draw out or absorb all that is in the udder.

امْتَلَجَ الفصيل ما في الضرع: امتصه — The young camel drew out all that was in the udder: it absorbed it.

امتصverb

1.
to absorbboth
To draw in and absorb, used in the context of a young animal emptying an udder.

امْتَلَجَ الفصيل ما في الضرع: امتصه — The young camel drew out all that was in the udder: it absorbed it.

الإملاجnoun

1.
breastfeedingboth
breastfeeding

لا تحرم الإملاجة ولا الإملاجتان — Do not forbid a single suckling or two sucklings.

الإملاجةnoun

1.
and neither one suckling nor two sucklings make unlawfulboth
and neither one suckling nor two sucklings make unlawful

لا تحرم الإملاجة ولا الإملاجتان — Do not forbid a single suckling or two sucklings.

الإملاجَتانnoun

1.
two sucklingsclassical
Refers to two instances or acts of suckling.

لا تحرم الإملاجة ولا الإملاجتان — Do not forbid a single suckling or two sucklings.

ملجانnoun

1.
one who suckles ignoblyclassical
A person described as base or ignoble, who suckles camels, implying a low or base action.

ومن لؤمه يرضع الإبل — And from his baseness, he suckles the camels.

مصانnoun

1.
one who sucks ignoblyclassical
Similar to 'ملجان', referring to someone base who sucks, often used in conjunction with 'ملجان' to emphasize ignoble actions.

ومن لؤمه يرضع الإبل — And from his baseness, he suckles the camels.

المالجnoun

1.
mud plasterclassical
A substance used for plastering, made of mud, of Persian origin.

الذي يطين به، فارسي معرب — That with which one plasters, it is a Persian loanword.

Parallel reading

الملج: تناول الثدي بأدنى الفم.

Al-Malj: taking the breast with the very front of the mouth.

يقال: ملج الصبي أمه، أي رضعها.

It is said: the boy suckled his mother, meaning he nursed from her.

وامتلج الفصيل ما في الضرع: امتصه.

And the young camel drew out all that was in the udder: it absorbed it.

والإملاج: الإرضاع:

And Al-Imlaj: the act of suckling/nursing:

وفي الحديث: " لا تحرم الإملاجة ولا الإملاجتان ".

And in the Hadith: 'Do not forbid a single suckling or two sucklings'.

ومنه قيل للرجل ملجان ومصان، أي إنه من لؤمه يرضع الإبل.

And from this, a man is called Maljan and Masan, meaning he is so base that he suckles camels.

والمالج: الذي يطين به، فارسي معرب.

And Al-Malij: that with which one plasters, it is a Persian loanword.