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ظللّٰهُ

Root: ظل

Form: 2

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ظللّٰهُII [He made it to give shade over him, or it,] Verbal.Noun تَظْلِيلٌ. It is said in the Kur [vii. 160, and the like is said in ii. 54], وَظَلَّلْنَا عَلَيْهِمُ الغَمَامَ And we made the clouds to give shade over them.
2 [And ظللّٰهُ signifies He shaded him, or it. See an ex. in a verse of Jereer in art. ردف, conj. 3.] لٰكِنْ عَلَى الأَثَلَاتِ لَحْمٌ لَا يُظَلَّلُ [But at the tamarisk-trees is flesh that will not be shaded, or, accord. to the reading given by Meyd, بِالأَثَلَاتِ,] is a prov., said by Beyhes, in allusion to the flesh of his slain brothers, on the occasion of persons saying, ظَلِّلُوا لَحْمَ جَزُورِكُمْ [Shade ye the flesh of your slaughtered camel].

def.2 See also 4.

def.3 One says also ظلّل بِالسَّوْطِ, meaning He made a sign with the whip for the purpose of frightening.
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