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مَاخِضٌ

Root: مخض

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مَاخِضٌ , applied to a she-camel, and to a woman, and a ewe or she-goat, and any pregnant animal, Taken with the pains of parturition, being near to bringing forth; as also مَخُوضٌ : and, applied to a ewe or she-goat, having conceived; as also ↓ the latter epithet; pl. of the former, مُخَّضٌ and مَوَاخِضُ.
2 The Arabs say, in one of their imprecations, صَبَّ ٱللّٰهُ عَلَيْكَ أُمَّ حُبَيْنٍ مَاخِضًا, meaning [May God pour upon thee] the night.
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