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حَوْلِىٌّ

Root: حول

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حَوْلِىٌّ A solid-hoofed animal in his first year: or a solid-hoofed animal, &c., a year old; a yearling: it is applied in this sense to a camel: and also to a plant: and so مُحْوِلٌ and مُحِيلٌ applied to wheat, or food, &c.: and مُحْوِلٌ applied to a boychild: or, as some say, this signifies in the state of childhood; not limited to a year old: the fem. of حَوْلِىٌّ is حَوْلِيَّةٌ: pl. [masc. حَوَالِىٌّ; and] fem. حَوْلِيَّاتٌ. حَوْلِىٌّ الغَضَا Young trees of the kind called غَضًا.
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