عَلَلٌ
Root: عل
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عَلَلٌ
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عَلٌّ [both mentioned in the first paragraph as inf. ns.] The second draught: or a drinking after drinking, uninterruptedly: or the former signifies a second drinking; one says عَلَلٌ بَعْدَ نَهَلٍ [a second drinking after a first drinking]: or a drinking after drinking: and the second watering of camels; the first being termed the نَهَل: these two terms are also similarly used in relation to suckling: and one of the unknown poets says,
2 Also, the former, Food that has been eaten. [See also نَهَلٌ.]
[Then he turned, or turned away or back, after that, and blessed the Prophet a first time and a second time].ثُمَّ ٱنْثَنَى مِنْ بَعْدِ ذَا فَصَلَّى عَلَى النَّبِىِّ نَهَلًا
2 Also, the former, Food that has been eaten. [See also نَهَلٌ.]
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