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رُجْلَةٌ

Root: رجل

Full Definition

رُجْلَةٌ The going on foot; the act of the man who has no beast [to carry him]; an Verbal.Noun of رَجِلَ: or it signifies strength to walk, or go on foot; and is a simple subst.: and also excellence of a دَابَّة [meaning horse or ass or mule] and of a camel in endurance of long journeying; in which sense [Az says] I have not heard any verb belonging to it except [by implication] in the epithets رَجِيلَةٌ, applied to a she-camel, and رَجِيلٌ, applied to an ass and to a man: and رِجْلَةٌ , with kesr, signifies vehemence, or strength, of walking or going on foot; as also رَجْلَةٌ . One says, حَمَلَكَ ٱللّٰهُ عَنِ الرُّجْلَةِ and مِنَ الرُّجْلَةِ, i. e. [May God give thee a beast to ride upon, and so relieve thee from going on foot, or] from the act of the man who has no beast. And هُوَ ذُو رُجْلَةٍ He has strength to walk, or go on foot.
2 And The state, or condition, of being a رَجُل [or man, or male human being; generally meaning manhood, or manliness, or manfulness]; as also رُجُولَةٌ and رُجُولِيَّةٌ and رَجُولِيَّةٌ and رُجْلِيَّةٌ ; of the class of inf. ns. that have no verbs belonging to them.

def.2 And The having a complaint of the رِجْل [i. e. leg, or foot].
2 And in a horse, or beast, (دَابَّة, K,) A whiteness, or the having a whiteness, in one of the رِجْلَانِ [i. e. hind legs or feet], without a whiteness in any other part; as also This is disliked, unless there be in him some other [similar] وَضَح.
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