مَاسِخِىٌّ
Root: مسخ
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مَاسِخِىٌّ
A bow-maker. AHn says, that مَاسِخَةُ, a man of the tribe of Azd, of Es-Saráh, is asserted to have been a bowmaker: and Ibn-El-Kelbee says, that he was the first of the Arabs who made bows; that the people of Es-Saráh who made bows and arrows were numerous, because of the abundance of trees in their district, and hence every bowmaker in after times received the above appel-lation.
2 مَاسِخِيَّةٌ and مَاسِخِيَّاتٌ Bows: so called in relation to the abovementioned bow-maker, Másikhah of the tribe of Azd: Másikhah was his surname, and his name was Nubeysheh the son of El- Hárith, one of the sons of Nasr the son of Azd.
2 مَاسِخِيَّةٌ and مَاسِخِيَّاتٌ Bows: so called in relation to the abovementioned bow-maker, Másikhah of the tribe of Azd: Másikhah was his surname, and his name was Nubeysheh the son of El- Hárith, one of the sons of Nasr the son of Azd.
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