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جَلَّالَةٌ

Root: جل

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جَلَّالَةٌ and جَالَّةٌ A cow that repeatedly seeks after filths [to eat them]; the milk of which is forbidden: a beast that eats جَلَّة, meaning human ordure; the flesh of which is forbidden: pl. [of the former] جَلَّالَاتٌ; and of the latter جَوَالُّ; the latter pl. occurring in a trad., in which some erroneously substitute for it جَوَّالَات.
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