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م ح ظ

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to be related to the forceful or aggressive action of a male animal, specifically a stallion, in its attempt to mount a female. It describes a vigorous and potentially violent act of mating.

Derived headwords

المماحظةnoun
  1. 1.
    forceful mountingclassical

    The act of a stallion forcefully attempting to mount a mare.

المحاظnoun
  1. 1.
    forceful mountingclassical

    Similar to المماحظة, referring to the vigorous act of a stallion attempting to mount a mare.

Parallel reading

المماحظة، أهمله الجوهري وصاحب اللسان.
Al-Mumāḥaẓah, Imām al-Jawharī and Ṣāḥib al-Lisān neglected it.
وقال ابن شميل: هو شدة السنان.
And Ibn Shumayl said: It is the intensity of al-Sinān.
قال: والسنان: هو أن يستنيخ الفحل الناقة بالقوة ليضربها، وكذلك المحاظ.
He said: And al-Sinān: it is when the stallion forcefully mounts the mare to cover her, and likewise al-Muḥāẓ.
وذكره الزمخشري وصاحب اللسان في م ح ط، وكذا في التكملة، وقد تقدم.
And al-Zamakhsharī and Ṣāḥib al-Lisān mentioned it under (the root) m-ḥ-ṭ, and likewise in al-Takmilah, and it has preceded.