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م ل أ

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40
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Morphology · Lane's Lexicon · CC BY-SA 3.0

From Edward William Lane, An Arabic-English Lexicon (1863–1893), under the root ملأَ. Digitised by the Perseus Project (Tufts); Arabic decoded from Perseus's transliteration.

مَلَأَ , aor. مَلَاَ , inf. n. مَلْءٌ (S, K) and مَلْأَةٌ and مِلْأَةٌ ; (K;) and مَلِيءَ ; (TA;) and ↓ ملّأ , inf. n. تَمْلِيءَةٌ ; (K;) He filled (K;) a vessel &c. (S, TA.) You may also say مَلَأْتُهُ مَلًا , for مَلْيءًا , (TA.) ― -b2- مَلَأَ العَيْنَ (tropical:) He satisfied [or glutted] the eye by his comeliness of aspect. (TA.) See an ex. in a verse cited voce عَقِبٌ . ― -b3- مَلَأْتُ مِنْهُ عَيْنِى (tropical:) [I satisfied, or glutted, my eye by the sight of his comeliness]. (TA.) ― -b4- مَلُوءَ , aor. مَلُاَ , (K,) inf. n. مَلَا=ءَةٌ and مَلَا=ءٌ ; (S, K;) and مَلَأَ , aor. مَلَاَ ; (K;) the former is that which commonly obtains; (TA;) He became rich, wealthy, &c., syn. صَارَ مَلِييءًا . (K.) ― -b5- كَلِمَةٌ تَمْلَأُ الفَمَ (assumed tropical:) [A word, or saying, that fills the mouth;] i. e., gross, and abominable; not allowable to be spoken; that fills the mouth so that it cannot articulate. (TA, from a trad.) ― -b6- اـِمْلَوءُوا أَفْوَاءَكُمْ مِنَ القُرْا=نِ (assumed tropical:) [Fill your mouths with the Kur-án]. (TA.) ― -b7- مُلِيءَ رُعْبًا , and مَلُوءَ رعبا , (tropical:) He was filled with fright. (A.) ― -b8- مَلَأَ ثِيَابِى (tropical:) He sprinkled my clothes with mud, &c. (A.) مَلَأَ رَاكِبَهُ [He (a camel) bespattered his rider with his ejected cud]. (S, K, art. زرد .) ― -b9- مَلَأَ عِنَانَهُ (assumed tropical:) He made, or urged, his beast to run vehemently. (TA in art. عن .) ― -b10- مُلِيءَ , like عُنِىَ , [i. e., pass. in form, but neut. in signification,] and مَلُوءَ , (tropical:) He had the disease called مُلَا=ءَة . (A, K.) ― -b11- See 3.

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ملّأ فُرُوجَ فَرَسِهِ He made his horse to run at the utmost rate of the pace termed حُضْر . (TA.) ― -b2- And see 1, and 4.

مالأهُ عَلَى الأَمْرِ , (S, K,) inf. n. مُمَالَأَةٌ ; (S;) and ↓ مَلَأَهُ ; (K;) but this latter the lexicologists do not hold in good repute; (TA;) He aided, or assisted, him, and conformed with him, to do the thing. (IAar, * AZ, S, K.)

املأ النَّزْعَ فِى قَوْسِهِ , (S,) and املأ فى قوسه , and فى قوسه ↓ ملّأ , (K,) (tropical:) He pulled his bow to the utmost. (S, K, TA.) ― -b2- املأهُ اللّٰهُ , (S, K,) inf. n. اـِمْلَاءٌ , (TA,) (assumed tropical:) God affected him with the disease called مُلَا=ءَة . (S, K.)

تملّأ مِنَ الطَّعَامِ وَالشَّرَابِ He became full of food and drink. (S.) ― -b2- See 8. ― -b3- تملّأ غَيْظًا , and ↓ امتلأ , (tropical:) He became filled with rage. (S.) ― -b4- تملّأ شِبَعًا , and ↓ امتلأ , He became filled to satiety. (TA.) ― -b5- تملّأ He put on himself a مُلَا=ءَة ; i. e., a covering of the kind so called. (TA.)

تَمَالَوءُوا عَلَى الأَمْرِ They agreed, or conspired together, to do the thing: (ISk, S, K, TA:) they aided, or assisted, [and conformed with,] one another to do the thing. (TA.)

امتلأ and ↓ تملّأ ; (S, K;) and مَلِيءَ , aor. مَلَاَ ; (K;) It (a vessel, &c., TA) became full. (S, K.) ― -b2- See 5. ― -b3- امتلأ شَبَابًا (assumed tropical:) [He became full of sap, or vigour, or youth, or young manhood]. (The Lexicons, &c., passim.) And امتلأ الشَّبَابُ (assumed tropical:) [The sap, or vigour, of youth, or young manhood, became full, or mantled, in a person.] (S, K, in art. غطى .) [And امتلأ , alone, He was, or became, plump.] ― -b4- امتلأ عِنَانُهُ (assumed tropical:) The utmost of his power, or ability, was accomplished. (TA in art. عن .)

استملأ فِى الدَّيْنِ signifies جَعَلَ دَيْنَهُ فِى مُلَأ=ءَ (CK, and a MS copy of the K) [app., He made wealthy persons, or honest wealthy persons, his debtors: but in one copy of the K, for مُلَأ=ءَ , we find مُلَا=ءٍ , which affords no sense that seems admissible here: and in another, دِين seems to be put in the place of دَيْن , in both the above instances; and مَلَا=ءٍ in that of مُلَأ=ءَ ; for Golius renders the phrase استملأ فى الدين by opulentiæ studuit in religione sua: i. e., religionem suam in illa posuit: a meaning which IbrD rejects].

مِلْءٌ [A thing sufficient in quantity, or dimensions, for the filling of a vessel, &c., or] the quantity that a vessel, &c., holds when it is filled. (S, K.) ― -b2- أَعْطِهِ مِلْأَهُ وَمِلْأَيْهِ وَثَلَاثَةَ أَمْلَا=يءِهِ Give it (i. e., the cup, TA) what will fill it; and what will twice fill it; and what will thrice fill it. (S, K.) ― -b3- حَجَرٌ مِلْءُ الكَفِّ A stone that fills the hand. (TA.) ― -b4- لَكَ الحَمْدُ مِلْءُ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ To Thee be praise that shall fill the heavens and the earth. (TA.) ― -b5- مِلْءُ كِسَايءِهَا A fat woman; that fills her كساء when she covers herself with it. (TA, from a trad.)

مَلَأٌ An assembly, (IAar, S, K,) absolutely, (TA,) [whether of nobles or others]: pl. أَمْلَا=ءٌ . (IAar.) ― -b2- Nobles; chiefs; princes; syn. أَشْرَافٌ and عِلْيَةٌ ; (K;) principal persons; persons whose opinion is respected. (TA.) ( المَلَأُ الأَعلْىَ [The most exalted princes; i. e.] the angels that are admitted near [to the presence of God]; or the archangels. TA.) See سَمعَهُ , for other explanations. ― -b3- A people of comely appearance, figure, attire, or adornment, united for some purpose or design; expl. by قَوْمٌ ذو الشَّارَةِ والتَّجَمُّعِ لِلْاـِرَادَةِ : (Abu-l-Hasan, K:) [but this is wrong, see Beyd, ii. 247.] Thus it is of a different class from رَهَطٌ , though, like this word, a quasi-pl. n. It is an epithet in which the quality of a substantive predominates. (Abu-l-Hasan.) ― -b4- (tropical:) Consultation. (K.) [You say,] مَا كَانَ هٰذَا الأَمْرُ عَنْ مَلَاـٍ مِنَّا (tropical:) This thing was not the result of a consultation and consent on our part: [and] أَكَانَ هٰذَا عَنْ مَلَاـٍ مِنْكُمْ (tropical:) Was this the result of a consultation of your nobles, and of your assembly? said by 'Omar when he was stabbed: asserted to be tropical in this sense by Z and others. (TA.) تَحَدَّثُوا مَلَأً They conversed, consulting together. (S.) ― -b5- Opinion. (K.) [See a supposed example below.] ― -b6- Disposition; nature; manners; (S, K;) a nature rich in needful qualities: (T:) pl. أَمْلَا=ءٌ . (S.) [You say,] مَا أَحْسَنَ مَلَأَ بَنِى فُلَانٍ How good are the dispositions, or manners, and conversation, of the sons of such a one! (S.) ElJuhanee says, تَنَادَوْا يَالَ بُهْثَةَ اـِذْ رَأَوْنَا فَقُلْنَا أَحْسِنِى مَلَأً جُهَيْنَا (S) [They called out, one to another, O Buhtheh! come to our aid! when they saw us: and we said,] Be of good disposition, or manners, O Juheyneh! or, accord. to some, Be of good opinion, O Juheyneh! (see above:) or, as some say, Aid well, O Juheyneh! taking ملأ in the sense of مُمَالَأَةً : [see 3]. (TA.) ― -b7- أَحْسِنُوا أَمْلَا=ءَ كُمْ Amend your manners; or have good manners. From a trad. (S, K.) ― -b8- Also مَلَأٌ A coveting. (K.)

مُلْأَةٌ A tremulousness and flabbiness and swelling of the flesh, in a camel, in consequence of long confinement after a journey. (K.) ― -b2- See مُلَا=ءَةٌ .

مِلْأَةٌ The manner in which a thing is filled. (K.) [You say,] اـِنَّهُ لَحَسَنُ المِلْأَةِ (not التَّمَلُّوءِ ) Verily it is well filled. (K.) ― -b2- مِلْأَةٌ An oppression occasioned by repletion with food. (K, TA.) [See also مُلَا=ءَةٌ .]

مَلَا=ءٌ and ↓ مَلَا=ءَةٌ Richness, wealthiness, &c.: (K:) or trustiness, or honest. (S.) [See مَلِىْءٌ .]

مُلَا=ءٌ : see مُلَا=ءَةٌ .

مَلِىْءٌ , (S, K,) also written and pronounced مَلِىٌّ , (Nh,) A rich, wealthy, opulent, man: (K:) or trusty, or honest: (S:) or trusty, or honest, and rich: (TA:) or a rich man, or one not literally rich, who is honest, and pays his debts well, without giving trouble to his creditor: (K, * TA:) or an able, rich, man: (Msb:) [a solvent man:] pl. مِلَا=ءٌ and أَمْلِيءَا=ءُ and مُلَأ=ءُ . (K.) ― -b2- Also مُلَأ=ءُ Chiefs: so called because rich in needful things. (TA.)

مُلَا=ءَةٌ (K) and ↓ مُلْأَةٌ (S, K) and ↓ مُلَا=ءٌ (K) (tropical:) A defluxion, or rheum, syn. زُكَامٌ , (S, K,) occasioned by repletion, or a heaviness in the head, like a defluxion, or rheum, ( زكام ,) from repletion of the stomach. (A.) [See also مِلْأَةٌ .] -A2- مُلَا=ءَةٌ A piece of drapery which is wrapped about the body; i. q., اـِزَارٌ (TA) and رَيْطَةٌ : (S, K:) or the ملاءة is a covering for the body formed of two pieces; (TA;) composed of two oblong pieces of cloth sewed together; (Msb, in art. لغق ;) and the ريطة is of a single piece. (TA.) [It appears to have been generally yellow, (see وَرْسٌ , and أَوْرَسَ ,) and was probably otherwise similar to the modern مِلَايَة , which is described and represented in my work on the Modern Egyptians, part i., ch. 1.] Pl. مُلَا=ءٌ ; (S, K;) [or rather this is a quasi-pl. n.; or a coll. gen. n., of which ملاءة is the n. un.;] or, accord. to some, مُلَأٌ ; but the former is better established. (TA.) Dim. مُلَيْيءَةٌ ; for which مُلَيَّةٌ was also used, accord. to a tradition. (TA.) ― -b2- مُلَا=ءَةُ الحُسْنِ (tropical:) Fairness of complexion. (TA.) ― -b3- المَحْضُ ↓ المُلَا=ءُ (tropical:) Simple dust. (TA.) ― -b4- Also مُلَا=ءَةٌ The skim that forms on the surface of milk. (El-Moajam.)

مَلْا=نٌ (S, K) [and مَلْا=نُ , as it forms in the] fem. مَلْا=نَةٌ (K) and مَلْأَى ; (S;) pl. مِلَا=ءٌ ; (K;) Full: (S, K) said of a vessel, &c. (S, TA.) The masc. is also written and pronounced مَلَان ; and the fem., مَلَا : (TA:) and the vulgar say اـِنَاءٌ مَلَا A full vessel. (S, TA.) ― -b2- مَلْا=نٌ من الكَرَمِ (tropical:) [Full of generosity]. (TA.) ― -b3- See مَمْلُوْءٌ .

مَالِيءٌ (tropical:) A majestic person: one whose aspect satisfies the eye. (TA.) ― -b2- مَالِيءٌ العَيْنِ , and مَالِيءٌ لِلْعَيْنِ , (tropical:) A person whose aspect satisfies the eye by his comeliness &c. (TA.)

فُلَانٌ أَمْلَأُ لِعَيْنِى مِنْ فُلَانٍ (tropical:) Such a one is more satisfactory to my eye by his comeliness than such a one. (TA.) ― -b2- هٰذَا الأَمْرُ أَمْلَأُ بِكَ This thing is better for thee, and more satisfactory: expl. by أَمْلَكُ [which is said to have this signification]. (TA.)

مَمْلُوْءٌ , pass. part. n. of مَلَأَ , Filled. (S.) ― -b2- Also, (assumed tropical:) Having the disease called مُلَا=ءَة : as part. n. of مَلِيءَ . (A.) ― -b3- Also, (and accord. to some copies of the K, ↓ مَلْا=ن ,) Affected by God with that disease: extr. [with respect to rule], (S, K,) as it is used in the sense of the pass. part. n. of أَمْلَأَ : by rule it should be مُمْلَأٌ . (TA.)

مُمْلِيءٌ An ewe in whose belly are water and matter [such seems to be the meaning of أَغْرَاسٌ in the explanation] so that one thinks her to be pregnant. (K.)

شَابٌّ مُمْتَلِيءٌ [A youth in the full bloom of his age. See art. عَبْعَبٌ .]

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