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زهق

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

مَزْهَقَةٌ ذ [ A cause of the departure of the soul: a word of the same class as مَبْخَلَةٌ and مَجْبَنَةٌ]. ― -b2- [Hence,] one says of a camel which others strive in vain to overtake, هٰذَا الجَمَلُ مَزْهَقَةٌ لِأَرْوَاحِ المَطِىِّ (tropical:) [ This camel is one that takes away the breath of the other beasts, or saddle-camels ]. (A, TA.)

Derived headwords

مَزْهَقَةٌ
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هٰذَا الجَمَلُ مَزْهَقَةٌ لِأَرْوَاحِ المَطِىِّ