mahleb

, (S, Mgh, Msb, K,) aor. (S, Msb, K) and , (K,) inf. n. حَلَبٌ (S, A, Msb, K) and حَلْبٌ (A, Mgh, Msb, K) and حِلَابٌ; (K;) and ↓ احتلب; (S, K;) He milked (TA) a she-camel (S, Mgh, Msb, TA) &c., (Msb,) a ewe, a she-goat, and a cow: (TA:) he drew forth the milk in the udder: (A, K: [see also 10:]) and حَلَبَ اللَّبَنَ [he drew the milk from the udder]. (S and K in art. رثأ, &c.) حَلَبْتَ بِالسَّاعِدِ الأَشَدِّ [Thou hast milked with the strongest fore arm] is a prov., meaning thou hast asked aid of him who will perform thine affair, or thy want: (TA:) or, accord. to A'Obeyd, حَلَبْتُهَا الخ I have milked her &c., meaning I have taken it by force when I could not by gentle means. (TA in art. شد.) And حُلِبَتْ صَرَامِ, (TA,) or صُرَامُ, (S, and some copies of the K, in art. صرم,) The last milk was, or has been drawn from the udder, is another prov., used in a case when an evil has attained its crisis: (TA:) or it means (assumed tropical:) the excuse reached, or has reached, its utmost point: (AO, S and K in art. صرم:) or the she-camel that hah [little or] no milk was milked, or has been milked; denoting a calamity. (IB, TA in art. صرم.) And إِنْ كُنْتَ كَاذِبًا فَحَلَبْتَ قَاعِدًا If thou lie, mayest thou milk sitting; i. e., lose thy camels, and become an owner only of sheep or goats, and thus, after having milked camels standing, milk sheep or goats sitting: this, also, is a proverbial saying, like the following: مَا لَهُ حَلَبَ قَاعِدًا وَٱصْطَبَحَ بَارِدًا [What aileth him?] May he [be reduced to] milk a sheep or goat sitting, and drink cold water, not hot milk. (TA.) And حَلَبَ الدَّهْرَ أَشْطُرَهُ (assumed tropical:) He experienced good fortune and evil, is another prov. (TA. [See this and other exs. in art. شطر.]) So, too, ثُمَّ أَقْلَعَتْ ↓ حَلَبَتْ حَلْبَتَهَا (TA [but not there explained]) [lit. She performed her act of milking, and then desisted: but, as explained in Freytag's Arab. prov. (i. 343 and 281), meaning (assumed tropical:) It (a cloud, سَحَابَة,) sent forth a fine rain, and then ceased: and some read حَلْبَةً ↓ أَحْلَبَتْ, meaning the same: see another reading voce جَلَبَ]. ― -b2- [Hence, حَلَبَهُ (assumed tropical:) He mulcted him: see an ex. voce فَشَّ: and see حَلَبٌ.] ― -b3- [Hence also,] حَلَبَ, (A, K,) aor. , (A,) inf. n. حَلْبٌ, (TA,) (tropical:) He set himself upon his knees, in the posture of the milker: (A:) he sat on his knees; (K;) or on his knee: he sat on his knee in eating, or in milking a ewe or she-goat: he kneeled. (TA.) You say, اُحْلُبْ وَكُلْ (tropical:) [Kneel thou like the milker, and eat]: (A:) it denotes a lowly [and becoming] mode of sitting while eating. (TA.) لَيْسَ فِى كُلِّ حِينٍ ٱحْلُبْ فَٱشْرُبْ (tropical:) [Not at every time is it said, kneel thou, and understand] is a prov. applied in the case of anything that is forbidden, or denied: AA says that الحلب signifies the act of kneeling; and الشرب the understanding a thing: and one says to a stupid person, اُحْلُبْ ثُمَّ ٱشْرُبْ Kneel thou; then understand: one says also, ليس كلُ حين احلب فاشرب [in Freytag's Arab. Prov., ii. 437, thus: فَأَشْرَبَ ↓ لَيْسَ كُلُّ حِينٍ أَحْلَبَ, and explained as meaning Not every time permits to milk and then to drink: i. e. not every time aids thee in performing a work; therefore thou shouldst act prudently, and not expend thy wealth without rule and measure.] (TA.) -A2- حَلَبَ الرَّجُلَ, aor. , He milked for the man. (S.) ― -b2- حَلَبَهُ and ↓ احلبهُ He assigned to him, to be milked by him, a ewe or she-goat, and a she-camel: (K:) or the latter, he assigned to him what he should milk. (S.) -A3- حَلَبُوا, (K,) aor. , (TA,) inf. n. حَلْبٌ and حُلُوبٌ, They assemble, or collected themselves together, from every quarter. (K, TA.) [See also 4.] -A4- حَلِبَ, aor. , It (hair &c.) was, or became, black. (K.)

He milked with him. (K.) ― -b2- See also 4. ― -b3- حَالَبَتْهَا, inf. n. مُحَالَبَةٌ, She vied with her in patience during milking. (L.)

, (S,) inf. n. إِحْلَابٌ (K) and إِحْلَابَةٌ, (S, K,) [which latter see also below,] He milked for his family, while he was in the place of pasturage, and then sent to them the milk there drawn by him: (S, K:) or he conveyed to his tribe what had been milked while the camels were in the places of pasturage, and had been collected to the quantity of a camel-load. (TA.) ― -b2- See also 1, in three places. [In the last of those instances, the verb, as explained in the K, is doubly trans.; and hence,] ― -b3- احلبهُ is also used as meaning (assumed tropical:) He gave him a thing. (TA.) ― -b4- Also He assisted him to milk, or in milking. (S, A, Mgh, K.) ― -b5- And hence, (A, Mgh,) as also ↓ حالبهُ, (S,) by extension, (A,) in a general sense, (Mgh,) (tropical:) He assisted him, or aided him. (S, A.) And احلب غَيْرَ قَوْمِهِ (assumed tropical:) He entered among a party, or people, not his own, and aided some of them against others. (TA.) And احلبوا (assumed tropical:) They aided their companions. (TA.) (assumed tropical:) They assembled, or collected themselves together, from every quarter, to render aid, عَلَيْهِ against him; (S;) like اجلبوا; (S in art. جلب;) as also ↓ استحلبوا: (TA:) (assumed tropical:) they collected themselves together from every quarter for war &c.: (Az, TA:) (assumed tropical:) they assembled from every quarter, عَلَيْهِ against him. (TA. [See also 1.]) -A2- احلب His camels brought forth females: opposed to اجلب “ his camels brought forth males. ” (S, A, K.) One says, أَأَحْلَبْتَ أَمْ أَجْلَبْتَ Have thy camels brought forth females, or have they brought forth males? (M, K.) See also أَجْلَبَ.

It flowed; (S, A, K, KL;) [or oozed, or exuded;] said of milk; (KL;) and (tropical:) of water; (A;) and (tropical:) of sweat, (S, A, K,) as also ↓ انحلب; (S;) and (tropical:) of moisture, or dew. (L.) ― -b2- (tropical:) It (one's body) flowed, عَرَقًا with sweat: and in like manner, the eye [with tears]; (K;) and the mouth [with saliva]; (A, K;) as also ↓ انحلب. (K.) ― -b3- (assumed tropical:) He sweated. (TA.) ― -b4- It is also said of the [tribute termed] فَىْء [as meaning (assumed tropical:) It flowed in; or was collected: see حَلَبٌ]. (TA.)

see 5, in two places.

see 1, first sentence.

He drew forth milk. (S, A, K. *) ― -b2- [Hence,] استحلبتِ الرِّيحُ السَّحَابَ (A, TA) (tropical:) The wind drew forth a shower of fine rain from the clouds; or caused them to send forth fine rain. (TA.) [And استحلبهُ فِى فَمِهِ (assumed tropical:) He sucked it in his mouth so as to draw forth its moisture or what dissolved thereof: see an ex. voce مُرٌّ.] ― -b3- نَسْتَحْلِبُ الصِّبْرَ, occurring in a trad., means نَسْتَدِرُّ السَّحَابَ (assumed tropical:) [We desire, or look for, a shower of rain from the white clouds]. (TA.) ― -b4- See also 4.

: see حُلْبَةٌ.

is an inf. n.: (S, A, Msb, K: see 1:) ― -b2- and also signifies Milk drawn from the udder; (S, A, * Mgh, K;) or so لِبَنٌ حَلَبٌ; (Msb;) and so ↓ حَلِيبٌ; (S A, K;) or لَبَنٌ حَلِيبٌ; (Msb;) and ↓ حلَابٌ: (TA:) or (K, TA, in the CK “ and ”) ↓ حَلِيبٌ signifies [fresh milk, i. e.] milk of which the taste has not become altered; (K, TA;) and حَلَبٌ is thought by ISd to be used in this sense. (TA.) ― -b3- [Hence,] (tropical:) The [tax called] جِبَايَة: (A:) or the kind of جباية (S, K) that is similar to the صَدَقَة and the like, (K,) whereof the assessment is not certain, or defined: (S, K:) pl. أَحْلَابٌ. (A, TA.) The pl. also means (assumed tropical:) Profits, or advantages, such as accrue to a commander, or governor. (TA in art. رضع.) ― -b4- (tropical:) An evil result: so in the saying, ذَاقُوا حَلَبَ أَمْرِهِمْ (tropical:) [They tasted the evil result of their affair, or action]. (A.) ― -b5- مَا لَهُ لَا حَلَبٌ وَلَا جَلَبٌ, mentioned by IAar, but not explained by him, (TA,) is said to be a form of imprecation [meaning What aileth him? May he have neither she-camels nor he-camels]; (K;) and this is the opinion generally held: (TA:) but some say that there is no reason for this [assertion; holding the meaning to be, he has neither she-camels nor hecamels; the former لا being redundant: see 4; and see also جَلَبُ]. (K.) -A2- Also The covering, exterior part, peel, or the like, (syn. قِشْر,) of anything. (Kr, TA.)

[a pl. of which the sing. is not mentioned,] Black; as applied to animals. (K. [See also حُلْبُوبٌ.]) ― -b2- And Intelligent; as applied to men. (K.)

[A single act of milking:] see 1. ― -b2- [A time of milking. And hence,] الحَلْبَتَانِ The morning and evening; (IAar, K;) because they are the two milking-times. (TA.) ― -b3- [(assumed tropical:) A fine rain; or a shower of fine rain: pl. حَلَبَاتٌ: the sing. occurring in the TA in art. هضب, and the pl. in the same and in the S in that art.: see also 1 in the present art.] -A2- A number of horses started together for a wager: (K:) horses assembled from every quarter for a race, (S, Mgh, Msb, K,) not from one stable, (S, K,) or not from one quarter: (Msb:) or horses that come from every quarter to aid: (A: [but this is probably a false rendering, occasioned by an omission, which has combined portions of explanations of two words:]) pl. حَلَايأِبُ, (Msb, K,) because the sing. has the meaning of ↓ حَلِيبَةٌ, (Msb,) [as pl. of حَلْبَةٌ] irreg., and حِلَابٌ and حَلَبَاتٌ. (TA.) You say, جَآءَتِ الفَرَسُ فِى آخِرِ الحَلْبَةِ The mare came among the last of the horses [in the race]. (Msb.) And فُلَانٌ سَابِقُ الحَلَايأِبِ (assumed tropical:) [Such a one is the winner in races. or in contests]. (TA.) ― -b2- And A raceground. (A.) You say, فُلَانٌ يَرْكُضُ فِى كُلِّ حَلْبَةٍ مِنْ حَلَبَاتِ المَجْدِ (tropical:) [Such a one urges on in every scene of glorious contest]. (A, TA.)

[Fenugreek; trigonella fænumgræcum of Linn.;] a certain grain, (S, Mgh, Msb,) well known, (S, Mgh,) which is eaten; also pronounced ↓ حُلُبَةٌ: (Msb:) a certain plant, (AHn, K,) having a yellow grain, used medicinally; and made to germinate [in a vessel of water], and eaten; (AHn, TA;) useful as a remedy for diseases of the chest, for cough, asthma, phlegm, and hæmorrhoids, for giving strength to the back, for the liver and the bladder, and as a stimulant to the venereal faculty, (K, * TA,) alone or compounded; and a common article of food of the people of El-Yemen: pl. [or rather coll. gen. n.] ↓ حُلْبٌ. (TA.) ― -b2- The [plant otherwise called] عَرْفَج. (AHn, K.) ― -b3- The قَتَاد [or tragacantha]. (AHn, K.) ― -b4- The leaves of the عِضَاه when they have become harsh and dry, and dusty or dustcoloured, and when its branches and thorns have become thick: (TA:) or it is [what is in a similar state] of the fruit of the عضاه: (IAth, TA:) the word is sometimes pronounced ↓ حُلُبَةٌ. (TA.) ― -b5- The kind of food called فَرِيقَة, (K, TA,) which is given to women when childbearing; (TA;) as also ↓ حُلُبَةٌ. (K.) -A2- A pure black colour. (K.) [See حُلْبُوبٌ.]