مُعَلِّلٌ
Root: عل
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مُعَلِّلٌ
Giving to drink time after time.
2 And [hence,] That diverts with the saliva him who sucks it in [when kissing]; thus in a verse of Imra-el-Keys, accord. to one relation thereof; as expl. by Az; and thus, with ة, applied to a female: but accord. to IAar, that aids with kindness after kindness (بِٱلْبِرِّ بَعْدَ البِرِّ [in Har على البرء بعد البرء]): another reading of the word in that verse, المُعَلَّل, has been expl. above, voce عَلِيلٌ, on the authority of AA.
3 Also Plucking fruit time after time.
4 And One who repels the collector of the [tax called] خَرَاج with excuses.
5 Also, or المُعَلِّلُ, One of the days called أَيَّامُ العَجُوزِ; [respecting which see art. عجز;] because it diverts men by somewhat of an alleviation of the cold: or, accord. to some, it is called مُحَلِّلْ.
2 And [hence,] That diverts with the saliva him who sucks it in [when kissing]; thus in a verse of Imra-el-Keys, accord. to one relation thereof; as expl. by Az; and thus, with ة, applied to a female: but accord. to IAar, that aids with kindness after kindness (بِٱلْبِرِّ بَعْدَ البِرِّ [in Har على البرء بعد البرء]): another reading of the word in that verse, المُعَلَّل, has been expl. above, voce عَلِيلٌ, on the authority of AA.
3 Also Plucking fruit time after time.
4 And One who repels the collector of the [tax called] خَرَاج with excuses.
5 Also, or المُعَلِّلُ, One of the days called أَيَّامُ العَجُوزِ; [respecting which see art. عجز;] because it diverts men by somewhat of an alleviation of the cold: or, accord. to some, it is called مُحَلِّلْ.
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