حُوَلَآءُ

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حُوَلَآءُ and حِوَلَآءُ, the latter like عِنَبَآءُ and سِيَرَآءُ, which are the only other words of this measure, accord. to Kh, [The membrane that encloses the she-camel's fœtus in the womb;] to the she-camel, like the مَشِيمَة to the woman; i. e., a skin of a dark, or an ashy, dust-colour (خَضْرَآء), full of water, which comes forth with the fœtus, containing أَغْرَاس [pl. of غِرْس, q. v.], and having lines, or streaks, which are red, and of a dark, or an ashy, dust-colour (خُضْر): or it comes forth after the fœtus, in the first سَلَى; and is the first thing that comes forth therefrom: so says ISk: and the word is sometimes used in relation to a woman: or, accord. to AZ, the water that comes forth upon the head of the fœtus, [i. e.] at the birth: or a membrane like a large bucket, which is full of water, and bursts when it falls upon the ground: then comes forth the سَلَى; and a day, or two days, after that, the صَآءَة. Hence the saying, نَزَلُوا فِى مِثْلِ حُوَلٓاءِ النَّاقَةِ, and فى مثل حولٓاء السَّلَى, They alighted amid abundance of water and green herbage. And رَأَيْتُ أَرْضًا مِثْلَ الحولٓاءِ I saw land having dark green herbage.

def.2 See also حُولَةٌ.

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