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عِلَافِىٌّ

Root: علف

Full Definition

عِلَافِىٌّ [for رَحْلٌ عِلَافِىٌّ], and رِحَالٌ عِلَافِيَّةٌ, A camel's saddle, and camels' saddles, [of a particular sort,] so called in relation to عِلَافٌ the son of حُلْوَان, in the K, erroneously, طُوَار, a man of Kudá'ah, because he was the first maker thereof; or, accord. to Lth, the largest of رِحَال in the [hinder part and the fore part which are called] آخِرَة [in the CK اَخَرَة] and وَاسِط: in a verse of Homeyd Ibn-Thowr, العُلَيْفِىّ occurs as an abbreviated dim. [of العِلَافِىّ]: the pl. of عِلَافِيَّةٌ is عِلَافِيَّاتٌ.
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