خوض

مَخَاضَةٌ مخاض مخاضه مخاضة [ A ford; i. e.] a place where people pass through water, walking or riding: (S, A, K:) or a place where one walks through water: (Msb:) pl. ↓ مَخَاضٌ, (S, K,) [or this is rather a coll. gen. n.,] or مَخَائِضُ, (as in one copy of the S,) and مَخَاوِضُ (AZ, S, K) and مَخَاضَاتٌ. (Msb, TA.)