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حُبْلَى

Root: حبل

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حُبْلَى Pregnant; as also ; and حَبْلَانَةٌ also occurs in the same sense: applied to a woman, or, accord. to AZ, to any animal having a nail, or to any beast, as, for instance, a sheep, or goat, and a cat: pl. of the first حَبَالَى and حُبْلَيَاتٌ and حَبَالَيَاتٌ, which last is pl. of حَبَالَى: and the pl. of حَابِلَةٌ is حَبَلَةٌ , which is extr. One says, اللَّيْلُ حُبْلَى لَسْتَ تَدْرِى مَا تَلِدُ [The night is pregnant: thou knowest not what it will bring forth]: meaning that the events of the night are not to be trusted.
2 See also حَبْلَانَةٌ.


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