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حُلَّةٌ

Root: حل

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حُلَّةٌ [A dress consisting of] an إِزَار [i. e. a waist-wrapper] and a رِدَآء [or wrapper for the whole body], or a بُرْد [which is another kind of wrapper for the whole body], or some other garment: only applied to a dress consisting of two garments of one kind: or either of the two garments by itself: or a رِدَآء and a shirt, completed by a turban; or a good garment; but not so called when upon a man; for in this case it means two garments, or three: or any good new garment that is worn, thick or coarse, or fine or thin: or a lined garment: but with the Arabs of the desert it means [a dress consisting of] three garments, i. e. a shirt and an إِزَار and a رِدَآء: pl. حُلَلٌ [and حِلَالٌ, as below]: accord. to A'Obeyd, حُلَلٌ means بُرُود of El-Yemen, from various places; and a garment of this kind is asserted to be meant in a trad. in which it is said that the best kind of grave-clothing is the حُلَّة: it is also said that حُلَلٌ is applied to the وَشْى and حِبَر and خَزّ and قَزّ and قُوهِىّ and مَرْوِىّ and حَرِير.
2 Also A weapon, or weapons: pl. حُلَلٌ and حِلَالٌ. You say, لَبِسَ حُلَّتَهُ, meaning He wore, or put on, his weapon, or weapons.
3 Also [like إِزَارٌ] A wife.


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