محض
Root entry · 1 derived lemmaمَحْضٌ ذ Milk that is pure, sheer, free from admixture, unmingled, unmixed, or clear; (Lth, S, A, K;) without froth; (Lth, A;) or not mixed with water: (S, Msb;) whether sweet or sour; no other milk being so called: (S:) but it occurs repeatedly in trads. as meaning milk absolutely: (TA:) pl. مِحَاضٌ. (K.) It is said in a trad. (بَارِكْ لَهُمْ فِى مَحْضِهَا وَمَخْضِهَا Do Thou bless them in their [the beasts'] pure milk and churned milk. (TA.) And in another, فَا@عْمِدُوا اـِلَى شَاةٍ مُمْتَلِئَةً شَحْمًا وَمَحْضًا [ And betake yourselves to a ewe, or she-goat, ] fat, and abounding with milk. (TA.) [See also an ex. voce زُبْدٌ: and another voce صَرَّحَ.] ― -b2- (assumed tropical:) Anything (Az, TA) pure, sheer, free from admixture, unmingled, unmixed, genuine, or clear; (Msb, TA;) that is not mixed with any other thing. (Az, Msb, TA.) You say, فِضَّةٌ مَحْضٌ, (K,) and مَحْضَةٌ, (A, K,) and ↓ مَمْحُوضَةٌ, (K,) (tropical:) Pure, unmixed, unalloyed, silver: (A, * K:) so says Sb: but you say, هٰذِهِ الفِضَّةُ مَحْضًا (tropical:) [ This is silver in a pure state ]; putting the last word in the accus. case, used as an inf. n. (TA.) And عَرَبِىٌّ مَحْضٌ (tropical:) An Arabian of pure, or unmixed, race, or lineage, or parentage: (S, A, Msb: *) [ a genuine Arabian: ] and the epithet is the same as fem. [and dual] and pl., (S, Msb,) accord. to the more approved usage; (Msb;) [for it is originally an inf. n.;] but you may, if you please, use the fem. and dual and pl. forms, as in the instances of [the synonymous epithets] قَلْبٌ and بَحْتٌ: (S:) and النَّسَبِ ↓ هُوَ مَمْحُوضُ (tropical:) he is pure, or unmixed, in race, or lineage, or parentage: (K, TA:) and الضَّرِيبَةِ ↓ مَمْحُوضُ (tropical:) rendered pure in nature, or disposition; (Az, O;) freed from faults or vices: (Az:) and مَحْضُ الحَسَبِ (tropical:) pure in grounds of pretension to respect: (TA:) and الحَسَبِ ↓ مَمْحُوضُ (tropical:) rendered pure therein: (O, K:) the pl. of مَحْضٌ thus used is مِحَاضٌ [a pl. of mult.] and أَمْحَاضٌ [a pl. of pauc.]. (TA.) You say also, أُحِبُّكَ حُبًّا مَحْضًا (tropical:) [ I love thee with a pure, sincere, or true, love ]. (A.) And مَحْضُ الاـِيْمَانِ occurs in a trad. as meaning (tropical:) Pure faith or belief. (TA.) ― -b3- Also, i. q. قَتٌّ [ A kind of trefoil, or clover ]. (IKtt)
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