Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

دَمْلَجَ, (JM, TA,) inf. n. دَمْلَجَةٌ and دِمْلَاجٌ, (Ḳ, TA,) He made, or wrought, a thing, (Ḳ, JM, TA,) as, for instance, a bracelet, (TA,) evenly or equably, or justly or properly, (Ḳ, JM, TA,) and well. (JM, TA.) [And He made a thing round and smooth; like دَمْلَقَهُ: see the pass. part. n., below.] It is said in a trad., دَمْلَجَ ٱللّٰهُ لُؤْلُؤَهُ [God has made his pearls round and smooth]. (TA.) Accord. to Lḥ, دُمْلِجَ جِسْمُهُ signifies His body was, or became, rounded, or compacted, (طُوِىَ,) so that his, or its, flesh was firm, or hard. (TA.)

دُمْلُوجٌ (Ṣ, Mgh, Ḳ) andدُمْلُجٌ↓ (Ṣ, Ḳ) andدُمْلَجٌ↓ (Ḳ) An armlet; a bracelet for the arm; syn. مِعْضَدٌ; (Ṣ, Mgh, Ḳ;) i. e. the ornament thus called: (Mgh, TA:) pl. of the first دَمَالِيجُ; (Ṣ;) [and of the second and third دَمَالِجُ.] You say, أَلْقَى عَلَى دَمَالِيجَهُ [He put (lit. cast) upon me his armlets]. (Ṣ.)

Also the first and↓ second A smooth stone. (TA.)

And [the pl.] دَمَالِيجُ Hard lands: (Ḳ:) so in the L and the Tekmileh. (TA.)

مُدَمْلَجٌ i. q. مُدْرَجٌ أَمْلَسُ [Round, as though rolled like a scroll, and smooth]: (Ṣ, Ḳ:) and a stone, and a solid hoof, smooth and round; as also مُدَمْلَقُ and مُدَمْلَكٌ. (Ṣ in art. دملق.) A rájiz says, (Ṣ, TA,) namely, El-ʼAjjáj, (so in a copy of the Ṣ,)

* كَأَنَّ مِنْهَا القَصَبَ المُدَمْلَجَا *

* سُوقٌ مِنَ البَرْدِىِّ مَا تَعَوَّجَا *

[app. describing a certain animal, or animals, and meaning As though her, or their, round and smooth leg-bones were stalks of the papyrus, not crooked]. (Ṣ, TA.)