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زَنِخٌ

Root: زنخ

Full Definition

زَنِخٌ , applied to oil, and clarified butter, and food, Altered [for the worse] in odour; [stinking, rancid, bad, or corrupt; like سَنِخٌ: see 1.]
2 إِبِلٌ زَنِخَةٌ Camels having their bellies straitened, by reason of thirsting time after time.
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