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دَلَجَ

Root: دلج

Form: 1

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دَلَجَI , Present.T ـُ and ـِ Verbal.Noun دُلُوجٌ, He transferred the bucket from the mouth of the well to the watering-trough, to empty it therein: or he took the bucket, when it came forth, and went with it whithersoever he pleased. One says also, هُوَ يَدْلُجُ بِالدَّلْوِ and يَدْجُلُ بِهَا: the latter verb being formed by transposition. (Fr, TA in art. دجل.)
2 And He transferred the milk, when the camels had been milked, to the [large bowls called] جِفَان.
3 [See a remark of IF at the end of art. دلك.]
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