Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

by Edward William Lane (1801-1876)

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خدل خدلج خدم


خَدَلَّجٌ / خَدَلَّجَةٌ

خَدَلَّجٌ Large, big, or bulky; (Mgh, Mṣb;) applied to the shank, (Mgh,) or to a man: (Mṣb:) or large, or big, in the shank, with a goodly fulness therein; applied to a female: (Lth, L:) or, with ة {خَدَلَّجَةٌ}, applied to a woman, (Ṣ, Ḳ, TA,) juicy, (TA,) full in the fore arms and the shanks. (Ṣ, Ḳ, TA.) You say خَدَلَّجُ السَّاقَيْنِ, meaning Large, or big, in respect of the shanks; like خَدْل. (Mgh, TA.)


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