هِمْلَاجٌ
Root: هملج
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هِمْلَاجٌ
, used as the act. part. n. of هَمْلَجَ, whence it would seem that the regular form of the act. part. n., مُهَمْلِجٌ, has not been used, an epithet applied to a hackney, or pacing horse, بِرْذَوْن, or a beast of carriage, both to the male and female, Going, or that goes, an easy and quick pace; a good and quick pace; a good and quick and graceful pace; a good pace: syn. مُهَمْلِجٌ: (K: in the CK مُهَمْلَجٌ:) a man's beast for riding: pl. هَمَالِيجُ: a Persian word, arabicized: [but I have not found its original in a Persian lexicon].
2 شَاةٌ هِمْلَاجٌ A sheep in which is no marrow, by reason of its leanness.
2 شَاةٌ هِمْلَاجٌ A sheep in which is no marrow, by reason of its leanness.
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