عِلْجٌ

A strong, or sturdy, man: (Msb:) or a strong, or sturdy, and thick, big, or coarse, man: (L:) or any man having a beard; (AZ, L, Msb;) not applied to the beardless: (AZ, Msb:) and any [man or beast] that is hardy, strong, or sturdy: (L:) and an ass, (S, K, TA,) in an absolute sense: (TA:) and, (K,) or as some say, (TA,) a fat and strong wild ass: (K, TA:) or a fat and thick, big, or coarse, wild ass: (O:) and a man, (S, A, O, L, K,) or a big, or bulky, man, (Mgh, Msb,) or a strong and big, or bulky, man, (TA,) of the unbelievers of the عَجَم [i. e. Persians or other foreigners], (S, A, Mgh, O, L, Msb, K, TA,) and of others; (L;) so called because of the thickness, bigness, or coarseness, of his make: (O:) or a strong and big, or bulky, unbeliever: (L:) or simply an unbeliever; (L, Msb;) thus according to some of the Arabs, in an absolute sense: (Msb:) feminine with ة: (L:) plural [of pauc.] أَعْلَاجٌ and [of mult.] عُلُوجٌ (S, O, Msb, K) and عِلَجَةٌ and [quasi-plural n.] ↓ مَعْلُوجَاءُ, (S, O, K,) like مَشْيُوخَاءُ [q. v.], (TA,) and ↓ مَعْلُوجَى (O, L, CK) and ↓ مَعْلَجَةٌ. (Sb, R, TA.) El-Hasan applied the epithet عُلُوجٌ, contemptuously, to certain men who neglected the supererogatory prayers before daybreak, performing only [afterwards] the prescribed prayers. (Mgh.)

فُلَانٌ عِلْجُ مَالٍ is like إِزَاءُ مَالٍ [meaning Such a one is a manager, tender, or superintendent, or a good pastor, of cattle, or camels &c.]. (S, O, K.)

And عِلْجٌ signifies also A cake of bread: (Abu-l- 'Omeythil, TA:) or a cake of bread that is thick (O, K, TA) in the edges (O) or in the edge. (K, TA.)