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زهق
Root entry · 1 derived lemmaمَزْهَقَةٌ 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