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جَلْهَةٌ جلهه جلهة : see جَلَهُ. -A2- Also The part that faces one of the brows, or brinks, or edges, of a valley: (S:) or the side of a valley; (K, TA;) the bank, or border, thereof: (TA:) or elevated parts in the interior, or lower part, of a valley, rising above the water-course, so that, when the valley flows with water, the water does not reach them: (ISh, TA:) and, some say, the mouth of a valley: and some, a part of a valley uncovered by the torrents, and so made apparent: (TA:) and [the dual] جَلْهَتَانِ, (JK, M, TA,) or جَلْهَتَا وَادٍ, (S,) the two sides, or borders, of a valley, (S, M, TA,) when there is in them hardness: (JK, M, TA:) occurring in a trad., or, as some relate it, ↓ جَلْهَمَتَانِ , with an augmentative م: (TA:) pl. جِلَاهٌ. (S.) ― -b2- A great round rock. (JK, K.) ― -b3- A large [hill, or the like, such as is called] قَارَةٌ; as also ↓ جَلْهَمَةٌ , with an augmentative م. (TA.) ― -b4- The place of alighting and abiding of a people, or company of men: (JK, K, TA:) and a yard, or wide space, in front, or extending from the sides, of their dwelling. (JK.) ― -b5- And A meadow in which water collects and stagnates: pl. as above. (JK.) -A3- Dates, (K, TA,) of which the stones have been picked out, (TA,) macerated and mashed with milk, (K, * TA,) then given to drink to women; (TA;) having a fattening property; (K, TA;) as also ↓ جَلِيهَةٌ . (K.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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