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أَغَالَ

Root: غيل

Form: 4

Full Definition

أَغَالَIV , or أَغَالَ وَلَدَهُ and أَغْيَلَهُ, He compressed the mother of his child while she was suckling it.
2 And أَغَالَتْ and أَغْيَلَتْ, or أَغَالَتْ وَلَدَهَا and أَغْيَلَتْهُ, She gave her child to drink what is termed غَيْل, i. e. the milk of her who was compressed, or the milk of her who was pregnant: or [accord. to common usage] she suckled her child while she was pregnant: and وَلَدَهَا, Present.T تَغِيلُ, Verbal.Noun غَيْلٌ, signifies [the same, or] she suckled her child while she was being compressed, or while she was pregnant. [See also 10.]

def.2 أَغْيَلَتْ said of sheep or goats, and of cows, They brought forth twice in the year.

def.3 See also the next paragraph.
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