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ملج

Root entry · 23 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of suckling or drawing milk, extending to related concepts like consuming, absorbing, and the resulting state of the young. It also encompasses derived meanings related to physical attributes, places, and even a type of medicine.

Derived headwords

مَلَجَverb
  1. 1.
    to suckleboth

    The act of a child suckling its mother, or an animal suckling its young.

يَمْلُجُverb
  1. 1.
    to suckleboth

    Present tense of the verb 'to suckle', referring to the act of drawing milk.

مَلْجًاnoun
  1. 1.
    sucklingclassical

    The act or instance of suckling.

امْتَلَجَverb
  1. 1.
    to absorb milkboth

    To draw or suck up milk from a source, like a calf absorbing milk from the udder.

أَمْلَجَverb
  1. 1.
    to nurseboth

    To cause to suckle; to nurse an infant or young animal.

إمْلاَجَةnoun
  1. 1.
    a suckleclassical

    A single instance of suckling; one suckle.

إمْلاَجnoun
  1. 1.
    sucklingclassical

    The act of suckling, especially in the context of nursing.

المَلِيجnoun
  1. 1.
    sucklingboth

    A suckling child or animal.

  2. 2.
    distinguished personclassical

    A person of high status or importance.

مليجname
  1. 1.
    place nameclassical

    A place name, specifically a town in the Nile Delta region of Egypt.

الأَمْلَجadjective
  1. 1.
    dark-complexionedboth

    Having a dark or swarthy complexion, neither fully white nor black.

الأملجnoun
  1. 1.
    barren landclassical

    Land that is barren and devoid of vegetation or any other life.

  2. 2.
    medicineclassical

    A type of medicine, often described as black, used for various ailments.

رجل ملجانadjective
  1. 1.
    one who nurses livestockclassical

    A man who secretly nurses his livestock from their initial stages without milking them.

المَلَجnoun
  1. 1.
    date pitclassical

    The pit or stone of the date fruit.

  2. 2.
    regionclassical

    A large region in the eastern Arabian Peninsula.

المُلَجnoun
  1. 1.
    suckling lambsclassical

    Young lambs that are still suckling.

المَالِجnoun
  1. 1.
    mud plasterclassical

    A material used for plastering, made of mud.

مالجname
  1. 1.
    ancestor's nameclassical

    A name of an ancestor, specifically of a known traditionist.

الأَمْلُوجnoun
  1. 1.
    tender shootclassical

    A soft, tender shoot or twig of a plant.

  2. 2.
    type of plantclassical

    A type of plant or its leaves, resembling cypress or tamarisk leaves.

  3. 3.
    tree in the desertclassical

    A type of tree found in the desert.

  4. 4.
    date pitclassical

    The pit or stone of a date.

مَلَجَverb
  1. 1.
    to chewclassical

    To chew or masticate something, like the 'amluj, in the mouth.

مَلَنْجَةname
  1. 1.
    village nameclassical

    A name of a village or a district within a city, like Isfahan.

مَلَجَتِ النَّاقَةverb
  1. 1.
    milk dried upclassical

    Said of a female camel whose milk has dried up, leaving only a trace that tastes salty.

امْلاَجَverb
  1. 1.
    to sproutclassical

    To sprout or emerge, said of a plant or a child.

أَمْلاَجَverb
  1. 1.
    to sproutclassical

    To sprout or emerge, similar to 'imlaja'.

مَلَجَverb
  1. 1.
    to have intercourseclassical

    A vulgar term for sexual intercourse.

Parallel reading

ملج الصبي أمه، كنصر وسمع يملجها ويملجها ملجا: إذا رضعها.
The boy suckled his mother, as in 'nasara' and 'sami'a', he suckles her and suckles her, a suckling: if he nursed from her.
وقيل: (تناول ثديها بأدنى فمه)
And it was said: (He took her breast with the edge of his mouth).
(وامتلج) الفصيل ما في الضرع من (اللبن: امتصه)
(And the young camel) absorbed (the milk) from the udder: it sucked it up.
(وأملجه: أرضعه)
(And he nursed him): he made him suckle.
لا تحرم الإملاجة ولا الإملاجتان
A single suckle and two suckles do not prohibit (marriage).
يعني أن تمصه هي لبنها.
Meaning that she suckles her milk.
والمليج: الرضيع
And the 'maleej' is the suckling.
والمليج: الرجل الجليل
And the 'maleej': the distinguished man.
أسود أملج ألعس، وهم الملج.
Black, dark-complexioned, and eloquent, and they are the 'malaj'.
يقال: ولدت فلانة غلاما فجاءت به أملج، أي أصفر، لا أبيض ولا أسود.
It is said: So-and-so gave birth to a boy and he came out dark-complexioned, meaning yellowish, not white nor black.
والأملج: القفر لا شيء فيه من النبات وغيره.
And the 'amlaj': the barren land with no plants or anything else in it.
وهو قابض، يسود الشعر ويقويه، باهي، مسهل للبلغم، مقو للقلب والعصب والعين والمعدة
It is astringent, darkens the hair and strengthens it, is dazzling, facilitates phlegm, strengthens the heart, nerves, eyes, and stomach.
ورجل ملجان، مصان، بالفتح: يرضع إبله أو غنم من شروعها ولا يحلبها لئلا يسمع، لوءما منه.
And a 'maljaan' man, protected, with fatha: he nurses his camels or sheep from their beginning and does not milk them lest he be heard, out of stinginess from him.
والملج، بالضم: نواة المقل
And the 'malj', with damma: the pit of the date.
والملج بضمتين: الجداء الرضع
And the 'mulajj' (with two dammas): the suckling young goats.
والمالج، كآدم: الذي يطين به
And the 'malij', like 'Adam': that which is plastered with mud.
سقط الأملوج، ومات العسلوج
The tender shoot fell, and the young branch died.
الأملوج: الغصن الناعم.
The 'amluj': the tender shoot.
ملج الرجل كسمع: إذا لاكه في فمه
A man 'malaja' as in 'sami'a': if he chewed it in his mouth.
ملجت الناقة: ذهب لبنها وبقي شيء يجد من ذاقه طعم الملح في فمه.
The she-camel's milk dried up: her milk went away and a little remained that whoever tasted it found the taste of salt in his mouth.
املاج الصبي، كاحمار واعملج، كاقشعر: طلع.
The boy 'imlaja', like 'iḥmāra', and 'amla'aja', like 'iqsha'arra': sprouted.
قال لي: ملجت أمك.
He said to me: I had intercourse with your mother.
قال: كذب، إنما قلت: لمج أمه: أي رضعها.
He said: You lie, I only said: 'lamaja' his mother: meaning he suckled her.