ملج

1 مَلَجَ أُمَّهُ  , (S, K,) aor. مَلُجَ ; and مَلِجَهَا, aor. ??; (K;) inf. n. مَلْجٌ; (S, K;) He (a child) sucked [the breast of] his mother: (S:) or he took his mother's teat with the extremity of his mouth. (S, K.) And مَلَجَ النَّاقَةَ, said of a young camel, He sucked the she-camel; like سَلَجَهَا. (L, TA, in art. سلج.) 4 أَمْلَجَتْهُ أُمُّهُ  , (Msb,) inf. n. إِِمْلَاجٌ, (S,) His mother suckled him. (Msb.) [The masc. form of the verb is mentioned in the K.] 8 امتلج He sucked milk: (K:) or he (a young weaned camel,) sucked what was in the udder. (S.) مُلُجٌ  Sucking kids. (K.) مَلْجَةٌ  A single suck. (Msb.) [See also مَلْحَةٌ.] مَلْجَانُ  A man who sucks the teats of his camels, (or of his sheep or goats, TA,) by reason of his avarice; (S, K;) not milking them lest he should be heard: (TA:) as also مَصَّانُ. (S.) مَلِيجٌ  A foster-brother; syn. رَضِيعٌ. (K.) ― -b2- An illustrious man. (K.) مَالَجٌ  (S, K) and مَالَجَةٌ, (S, in art. سيع,) [A plasterer's trowel;] a thing with which one plasters: (S, K:) an arabicized word, from the Persian, (S,) [originally مَالَهْ]. أُمْلُوجٌ  [Sugar-candy]: see أُبْلُوجٌ. إِِمْلَاجَةٌ A single act of suckling. (TA.) ― -b2- It is said in a trad., لا تُحَرِّمُ الإِِمْلَاجَةُ وَلَا الإِِمْلَاجَتَانِ, (S,) i. e. One act of suckling, or the giving one such, does not bar [the two parties from marrying each other], nor do two acts of suckling, or the giving two sucks, like as complete suckling does. (TA.) Credit: Lane Lexicon