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محض
Root entry · 1 derived lemmaمَحِضٌ ذ A man who loves [ milk such as is termed ] مَحْض; like as one says, شَحِمٌ لَحِمٌ, meaning one “ who loves fat and flesh meat: ” (O:) or one who eagerly desires مَحْض; as also ↓ مَاحِضٌ: (K:) each is a relative epithet; (TA:) or ↓ the latter signifies a possessor of مَحْض; (S, K;) similar to لَابِنٌ and تَامِرٌ: (S:) and the former, a drinker of مَحْض. (TA voce ثَفِلٌ, q. v.)
Derived headwords
مَحِضٌ
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شَحِمٌ لَحِمٌ