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امو

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to cloths or rags, particularly those used in specific contexts like mourning or by women. It also extends to a place name.

Derived headwords

المِئْلاةnoun
  1. 1.
    mourning ragclassical

    A rag that a woman holds and waves while mourning, used for gesturing.

  2. 2.
    sanitary clothclassical

    A cloth used by a menstruating woman.

المآليnoun
  1. 1.
    mourning ragsclassical

    The plural of 'mi'lah', referring to rags used in mourning.

آلتverb
  1. 1.
    to take a mourning ragclassical

    When a woman takes or uses a 'mi'lah' (mourning rag).

إيلاءnoun
  1. 1.
    taking a mourning ragclassical

    The act of a woman taking or using a 'mi'lah'.

ألوةname
  1. 1.
    place nameclassical

    A place name mentioned in poetry.

Parallel reading

المِئْلاة، بالهمز، على وزن المِعْلاة: الخرقة التي تمسكها المرأة عند النوح، وتشير بها
Al-mi'lah, with hamza, on the pattern of al-mi'lah: the rag that a woman holds during mourning and gestures with.
والمئلاة أيضا: خرقة الحائض
And al-mi'lah also: the rag of a menstruating woman.
ولا حملتني البغايا في غبرات المآلي
And may whores not carry me in the remnants of the mourning rags.
وقد آلت المرأة إيلاء: إذا اتخذت مئلاة
And a woman has performed 'ilaa' (taking a rag): if she has taken a 'mi'lah'.
وألوة، بالضم: بلد في شعر ابن مقبل
And 'Alwah, with dammah: a place in the poetry of Ibn Muqbil.
يكادان بين الدونكين وألوة وذات القتاد السمر ينسلخان
They almost, between al-Dawkain and 'Alwah and Dhat al-Qatad al-Samr, shed their skins.