ملاءة

Arabic

Etymology

From the root م ل ء (m l ʾ); compare مَلَأَ (malaʾa, to fill), مَلُؤَ (maluʾa, to be cold).

Noun

مُلَاءَة (mulāʾa) f (plural مُلَاءَات (mulāʾāt))

  1. sheet
  2. tent
  3. veil
  4. wrapper
  5. dressing gown of one piece of cloth
  6. surfeit and suffering from it
  7. cold

Declension

References

  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), ملاءة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), ملاءة”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
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