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مُعْجِلٌ

Root: عجل

Full Definition

مُعْجِلٌ and مُعَجِّلٌ and مِعْجَالٌ A she-camel that brings forth before the completion of the year, and whose young one lives: or مُعْجِلَةٌ and مِعْجَالٌ signify the pregnant that brings forth her young before its full time: or مُعْجِلَةٌ signifies a she-camel that casts her young prematurely: and مُعْجِلٌ applied to a بَقَرَة [meaning a cow, either domestic or wild, the latter being a bovine antelope], having a calf, or having her calf with her.
2 Also [i. e. the three epithets first mentioned], A she-camel that leaps [up] when the foot is put in her stirrup; as also مُعْجِلَةٌ: or thus this last word: or مِعْجَالٌ is so applied, like مُعْجِلَةٌ; and is in like manner applied to a he-camel; meaning that rises and leaps &c. as above.
3 Also, or مِعْجَالٌ [only], A palm-tree that matures its fruit on the first occasion of its bearing.
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