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شِمِلٌّ ذ : see شَمْلٌ, near the end of the paragraph. -A2- Also, (TA,) and شِمِلَّةٌ; (S, O, K, TA;) the former applied to a he-camel; (TA;) and the latter to a she-camel, as also ↓ شِمْلَالٌ and ↓ شِمْلِيلٌ , (S, O, Msb, K, TA,) which are likewise applied to a he-camel, (TA,) and ↓ شِمَالٌ ; (K;) Light, active, or agile; (S, O, Msb, K;) or swift. (Msb, K, TA.) Hence the phrase ↓ طَأْطَأْتُ شِمْلَالِى [I hastened my light one, or my swift one]: or, accord. to AA, he means his hand, or arm, called the شِمَال; [i. e. I lowered my left hand or arm;] شِمْلَالٌ and شِمَالٌ meaning the same. (S, O.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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