حُوَلَآءُ
Root: حول
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حُوَلَآءُ
and حِوَلَآءُ, the latter like عِنَبَآءُ and سِيَرَآءُ, which are the only other words of this measure, accord. to Kh, [The membrane that encloses the she-camel's fœtus in the womb;] to the she-camel, like the
مَشِيمَة to the woman; i. e., a skin of a dark, or an ashy, dust-colour (خَضْرَآء), full of water, which comes forth with the fœtus, containing
أَغْرَاس [pl. of غِرْس, q. v.], and having lines, or streaks, which are red, and of a dark, or an ashy, dust-colour (خُضْر): or it comes forth after the fœtus, in the first
سَلَى; and is the first thing that comes forth therefrom: so says ISk: and the word is sometimes used in relation to a woman: or, accord. to AZ, the water that comes forth upon the head of the fœtus, [i. e.] at the birth: or a membrane like a large bucket, which is full of water, and bursts when it falls upon the ground: then comes forth the
سَلَى; and a day, or two days, after that, the
صَآءَة. Hence the saying, نَزَلُوا
فِى مِثْلِ حُوَلٓاءِ النَّاقَةِ, and فى مثل حولٓاء
السَّلَى,
def.2 See also حُولَةٌ.
def.2 See also حُولَةٌ.
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