مِعْلَفٌ
Root: علف
Full Definition
مِعْلَفٌ
, with kesr to the م; or
, like مَقْعَدٌ; [A manger; thus called in the present day; i. e.] a place of
عَلَف [i. e. fodder, or provender for beasts]: [pl. مَعَالِفُ.]
2 [Hence,] المِعْلَفُ, or المَعْلَفُ, is the name of Certain stars, disposed in a round form, [but] separate; also called الخِبَآءُ: [the latter appellation is app. wrongly identified in the TA in art. خبى with الأَخْبِيةُ: what is here meant seems to be the group of stars called by our astronomers Præsepe; agreeably with the former appellation, and with the following statement:] in the مجسطى, [i. e. المِجِسْطِى, ] النَّثْرَة is mentioned by the name of المعلف: [but it is also said that] the Arabs thus call the seven stars that compose the constellation البَاطِيَة [i. e. Crater].
3 [Accord. to Golius, مِعْلَفٌ signifies also A bag for fodder, which, with fodder, is hung on the neck of a beast.]
2 [Hence,] المِعْلَفُ, or المَعْلَفُ, is the name of Certain stars, disposed in a round form, [but] separate; also called الخِبَآءُ: [the latter appellation is app. wrongly identified in the TA in art. خبى with الأَخْبِيةُ: what is here meant seems to be the group of stars called by our astronomers Præsepe; agreeably with the former appellation, and with the following statement:] in the مجسطى, [i. e. المِجِسْطِى, ] النَّثْرَة is mentioned by the name of المعلف: [but it is also said that] the Arabs thus call the seven stars that compose the constellation البَاطِيَة [i. e. Crater].
3 [Accord. to Golius, مِعْلَفٌ signifies also A bag for fodder, which, with fodder, is hung on the neck of a beast.]
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