دُلْجَةٌ
Root: دلج
Full Definition
دُلْجَةٌ
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دَلْجَةٌ and
دَلَجٌ , all substs., A journeying from the beginning of the night: and the first and second a journeying from the latter part of the night: or thus the first: and the second, or the first and second, a journeying all the night: and the second, also, a journeying a little before daybreak: or the first and second and third a journeying in the night; and this seems to be the meaning intended in the trad., عَلَيْكُمْ
بِالدُّلْجَةِ فَإِنَّ الأَرْضَ تُطْوَى بِاللَّيْلِ [Keep ye to journeying in the night, for the earth is to be traversed by night]: [and
دَلِيجٌ occurs in the L in the sense of دُلْجَةٌ &c.:] the pl. of the first is دُلَجٌ. One says also, الدُّلْجَةَ قَبْلَ البُلْجَةِ [Keep to the journeying in the night, &c., before the breaking of the dawn]. [See another ex. voce بُلْجَةٌ.]
2 Also, the same three words, and دَلْجٌ and دَلَجَةٌ , An hour, or a time, or a short portion, (سَاعَةٌ,) of the latter part of the night: or دَلَجٌ signifies the whole of the night, from the beginning to the end.
2 Also, the same three words, and دَلْجٌ and دَلَجَةٌ , An hour, or a time, or a short portion, (سَاعَةٌ,) of the latter part of the night: or دَلَجٌ signifies the whole of the night, from the beginning to the end.
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