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اِسْتَغْيَلَتْ

Root: غيل

Form: 10

Full Definition

اِسْتَغْيَلَتْX , said of a woman, a verb of which the subst. is غِيلَةٌ [q. v.]: [accord. to the context in the K, in which the meaning is not clearly indicated, it seems to signify She suckled her child while being compressed, or while pregnant; like أَغَالَتْ for أَغَالَتْ وَلَدَهَا; and this I believe to be the right meaning: or] it signifies she was compressed while suckling a child, or while pregnant.

def.2 See also 5, first sentence.
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