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حلب

Root entry · 23 derived lemmas

The root حلب (ḥ-l-b) primarily concerns the act of milking animals, specifically extracting milk from udders. It extends to the milk itself, the containers used for milking, and metaphorically to abundance or the outcome of events. The root also encompasses related concepts like the process of giving birth to female or male offspring in camels.

Derived headwords

حَلَبٌnoun
  1. 1.
    milkingboth

    The act of extracting milk from the udder of an animal, such as sheep, camels, or cows.

  2. 2.
    milkboth

    The milk that has been milked from an animal.

حلبا بفتح اللام — milking with the vowel fath on the lam
شربت لبنا حليبا وحلبا — I drank milk, both fresh and old.
حَلَبَverb
  1. 1.
    to milkboth

    To extract milk from an animal's udder.

حلب (يحلب) بالضم (ويحلب) بالكسر — He milks (with dammah on the ha') and (he milks with kasrah on the ha')
حَلَبٌnoun
  1. 1.
    milkboth

    The milk that has been milked.

كان ربيب حلب وقارص — He was raised on milk, both fresh and sour.
حَلَبٌnoun
  1. 1.
    milkingclassical

    The act of milking.

إن كنت كاذبا فحلبت قاعدا — If you are lying, then you milk while sitting.
حَلَبٌnoun
  1. 1.
    milkingclassical

    The act of milking.

حلب الدهر أشطره — He experienced the best and worst of time.
حَلَّابٌnoun
  1. 1.
    milking containerboth

    A vessel or container in which milk is milked.

صاح هل ريت أو سمعت براع رد في الضرع ما قرى في الحلاب — 'O friend, have you seen or heard of a shepherd returning to the udder what was put into the milking pail?'
احْتِلَابٌnoun
  1. 1.
    milkingboth

    The act of milking.

حَالِبٌadjective
  1. 1.
    milkingboth

    An animal that is being milked.

وهو حالب — and he is milking (an animal)
مَحْلَبٌnoun
  1. 1.
    milking pailboth

    A container used for milking.

المحلب والحلاب، بكسرهما: إناء يحلب فيه اللبن — The maḥlab and the ḥallāb (with kasrah on both): a vessel in which milk is milked.
حَلُوبٌadjective
  1. 1.
    milch animalboth

    An animal, especially a female camel or sheep, that gives milk.

  2. 2.
    giving milkboth

    Describing an animal that is producing milk.

والمقدار الذي يحلب من الحلوب — and the amount milked from the milch animal
ناقة حلوب — a milch camel
حَلُوبَةٌadjective
  1. 1.
    milch animalboth

    An animal that gives milk.

  2. 2.
    giving milkboth

    Describing an animal that is producing milk.

والحلوبة للواحدة — and al-ḥalūbah for the singular
ولا حلوبة في البيت — and no milch animal in the house
حَلِيبٌnoun
  1. 1.
    milkboth

    Fresh milk, especially that which has not changed in taste or consistency.

  2. 2.
    date syrupclassical

    Figuratively, a sweet liquid resembling milk, such as date syrup.

والحليب: اللبن المحلوب — and al-ḥalīb: the milked milk.
لها حليب كأن المسك خالطه — It has a milk-like substance mixed with musk.
إحْلَابٌnoun
  1. 1.
    bringing milkclassical

    Bringing milk from the pasture to the settlement, especially a significant amount.

الإحلابة والإحلاب، بكسرهما: أن تحل ب لاءهلك وأنت في المرعى لبنا ثم تبعث به إليهم — al-iḥlābah and al-iḥlāb (with kasrah on both): to milk for your family while you are in the pasture and then send it to them.
إحْلَابَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    milk broughtclassical

    The milk brought from the pasture, or the amount exceeding what fits in a waterskin.

واسم اللبن الإحلابة أيضا — and the name of the milk is also iḥlābah.
أَحْلَبَverb
  1. 1.
    to give birth to femalesclassical

    When a camel gives birth to female offspring.

  2. 2.
    to help milkclassical

    To assist someone in milking.

أأحلبت أم أجلبت — Did your camels give birth to females or males?
أَجْلَبَverb
  1. 1.
    to give birth to malesclassical

    When a camel gives birth to male offspring.

أأحلبت أم أجلبت — Did your camels give birth to females or males?
حَلَبَانَةٌadjective
  1. 1.
    giving much milkclassical

    Describing a female camel that gives abundant milk.

أبغني ناقة حلبانة ركبانة — Find me a camel that gives much milk and is suitable for riding.
حَلَبَاةٌadjective
  1. 1.
    giving much milkclassical

    Describing a female camel that gives abundant milk.

حَلَبُوتٌadjective
  1. 1.
    giving much milkclassical

    Describing a female camel that gives abundant milk.

تَحْلَابَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    premature milkclassical

    Milk that comes from the udder before the animal has given birth.

وشاة تحلابة بالكسر وتحلبة، بضم التاء واللام — and a sheep taḥlābah (with kasrah) and taḥlabah (with dammah on the ta' and lam)
تَحْلَبَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    premature milkclassical

    Milk that comes from the udder before the animal has given birth.

وشاة تحلابة بالكسر وتحلبة، بضم التاء واللام — and a sheep taḥlābah (with kasrah) and taḥlabah (with dammah on the ta' and lam)
حَلَبِيٌّname
  1. 1.
    Al-Halabiboth

    A nisba (attribution) to Aleppo (Halab), referring to a person from that city.

أبو الحسن علي بن أحمد أبي ياسر بن بندار بن إبراهيم بن بندار الحلابي — Abu al-Hasan Ali bin Ahmad Abi Yasir bin Bundar bin Ibrahim bin Bundar Al-Halabi
حَلَبِيٌّname
  1. 1.
    Al-Halabiboth

    A nisba (attribution) to Aleppo (Halab), referring to a person from that city.

وفي نسخة ابن الحلابي — and in the version of Ibn al-Halabi

Parallel reading

استخراج ما في الضرع من اللبن
Extracting the milk from the udder.
يكون في الشاء والإبل والبقر
It occurs in sheep, camels, and cows.
حلب (يحلب) بالضم (ويحلب) بالكسر
He milks (with dammah on the ha') and (he milks with kasrah on the ha').
ومن حقها حلبها على الماء
And among its rights is milking it at the water source.
لا تسقوني حلب امرأة
Do not give me to drink the milk of a woman.
والمحلب والحلاب، بكسرهما: إناء يحلب فيه اللبن
And the maḥlab and the ḥallāb (with kasrah on both): a vessel in which milk is milked.
والحلاب: اللبن الذي تحلبه
And al-ḥallāb: the milk that is milked.
فإن رضي حلابها أمسكها
If he is pleased with its milk, he keeps it.
كان إذا اغتسل بدأ بشيء مثل الحلاب
When he performed ghusl, he would start with something like a milking pail.
والحلب، محركة، والحليب: اللبن المحلوب
And al-ḥalb, with vowel movement, and al-ḥalīb: the milked milk.
شربت لبنا حليبا وحلبا
I drank milk, both fresh and old.
وفي المثل (حلبت صرام)
And in the proverb (He milked the last of the milk).
أن تحل ب لاءهلك وأنت في المرعى لبنا ثم تبعث به إليهم
To milk for your family while you are in the pasture and then send it to them.
فما زاد على السقاء فهو إحلابة الحي
And whatever exceeds the waterskin is the family's iḥlābah.
إن كنت كاذبا فحلبت قاعدا
If you are lying, then you milk while sitting.
حلب الدهر أشطره
He experienced the best and worst of time.
يبيت الندى يا أم عمر وضجيعه إذا لم يكن في المنقيات حلوب
He spends the night in dew, O Umm Amr, and his companion, if there is no milch animal among the fattened ones.
ناقة حلوبة وحلوب
A camel that is milked and a milch camel.
إياك والحلوب
Beware of the milch animal.
ولا حلوبة في البيت
And no milch animal in the house.
رجل حلوب: حالب
A man who milks: a milker.
حلوبة تثمل ولا تصرح
A milch camel that gives abundantly but not purely.
ناقة حلبانة ركبانة
A camel that gives much milk and is suitable for riding.
إذا خرج من ضرعها شيء قبل أن ينزى عليها
When something comes out of its udder before it has been mounted (for breeding).
بقرة محل وشاة محل وقد أحلت إحلالا إذا حلبت
A cow that has milk and a sheep that has milk, and it has produced milk prematurely if it is milked.
حلبه الشاة والناقة: جعلهما له يحلبهما
To give him the sheep and the camel to milk them.
أأحلبت أم أجلبت
Did your camels give birth to females or males?
ماله لا حلب ولا أجلب
May his camels not give birth to females nor males.