Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

مُجَلَّفٌ

Root: جلف

Full Definition

مُجَلَّفٌ Having a portion, or portions, taken from its sides.
2 Having somewhat thereof remaining. So explained by Abu-l-Ghowth as occurring in the saying of ElFarezdak, وَعَضُّ زَمَانَ يَا ٱبْنَ مَرْوَانَ لَمْ يَدَعْ مِنَ المَالِ إِلَّا مُسْحَتًا أَوْ مُجَلَّفُ i. e., [And a biting of fortune, O Ibn-Marwán, left not, of the cattle, save] such as were destroyed, or they were such as had only a remnant remaining.
3 A man whose cattle have been destroyed by years of drought, or barrenness, or dearth. And قَوْمٌ A people, or party, whose cattle have been destroyed by a year of drought or the like.


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