Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

أَرْضَعَتْ

Root: رضع

Form: 4

Full Definition

أَرْضَعَتْIV She had a child which she suckled.
2 ذَاتُ إِرْضَاعٍ, also, signifies Having milk, though not having a child that is suckled.

def.2 أَرْضْعَتْهُ أُمُّهُ His mother suckled him.
2 You say also, أَرْضَعَ الوَلَدَ [app. meaning He caused the child to be suckled: or, perhaps, he suckled the child, by means of his wife or a female slave; because his semen genitale is considered as the source of the milk of a woman who has borne him a child; accord. to a saying of Lth, cited in an explanation of a usage of the word لَقَاحٌ or لِقَاحٌ]. (K voce مَلَحَ, q. v.) [See also 3.]


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