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استحلب

Root: حلب

Form: 10

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استحلبX He drew forth milk.
2 [Hence,] استحلبتِ الرِّيحُ السَّحَابَ The wind drew forth a shower of fine rain from the clouds; or caused them to send forth fine rain. [And استحلبهُ فِى فَمِهِ He sucked it in his mouth so as to draw forth its moisture or what dissolved thereof: see an ex. voce مُرٌّ.]
3 نَسْتَحْلِبُ الصِّبْرَ, occurring in a trad., means نَسْتَدِرُّ السَّحَابَ [We desire, or look for, a shower of rain from the white clouds].
4 See also 4.
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