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حَمُولَةٌ

Root: حمل

Full Definition

حَمُولَةٌ A camel, or horse, or mule, or an ass, upon which burdens are borne: and sometimes applied to a number of camels: camels that bear burdens: and any beast upon which the tribe carries, namely, an ass or other animal; or a beast upon which people carry, namely, a camel, and an ass, and the like; whether the loads be thereon or not: or such as are able to bear: or particularly applied to such as have on them the loads; as also : accord. to the T, not including asses nor mules: applied to one and to more than one: a word of the measure فَعُولٌ receives the affix ة when it has the meaning of a pass. part. n.
2 Also, accord. to the K, The loads, or burdens, themselves: but this, accord. to the S and M [and Mgh] and Sgh, is [حُمُولَةٌ, a pl. of حِمْلٌ,] with damm [to the ح].
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