شَمْلَةٌ
Root: شمل
Full Definition
شَمْلَةٌ
A [garment of the kind called] كِسَآء, with which one wraps, or inwraps, himself (يُشْتَمَلُ بِهِ), smaller than the
قَطِيفَة; as also
مِشْمَلٌ and
مِشْمَلَةٌ ; the last two expl. by Lth as a
كِسَآء
having a sparse villous substance, with which one wraps himself, smaller than the
قَطِيفَة: or the first signifies a small
كِسَآء
which one wears in the manner of the
إِزَار [or waist-wrapper]: or with the Arabs it is a
مِئْزَر [or waist-wrapper] of wool or of [goats'] hair, which one wraps round him: and
مِشْمَلَةٌ , such as is made of two pieces sewed together, with which a man wraps himself when he sleeps by night: and this last, accord. to Meyd, signifies a
كِسَآء
comprising the steel with which one strikes fire, with the apparatus of this latter: the pl. of the first is شِمَالٌ and شَمَلَاتٌ. [See also مِشْمَالٌ.]
2 [Hence the saying,] ضَمَّ عَلَيْهِ اللَّيْلُ شَمْلَتَهُ
3 And أُمُّ شَمْلَةَ
4 And
5 And The sun. (Z, TA; and T in art. ام).
2 [Hence the saying,] ضَمَّ عَلَيْهِ اللَّيْلُ شَمْلَتَهُ
3 And أُمُّ شَمْلَةَ
4 And
5 And The sun. (Z, TA; and T in art. ام).
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