Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

مُجْرٍ

Root: جرو

Full Definition

مُجْرٍ and مُجْرِيَةٌ applied to a bitch, and a female beast of prey, Having a whelp, or young one: or having with her her whelps, or young ones. El-Aalam says, لَحْمِى إِلَى أَجْرٍ حَوَاشِبْ وَتَجُرُّ مُجْرِيَةٌ لَهَا And a hyena having young ones shall drag for her my flesh to young ones with swollen bellies, and short.


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