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مَخْرَجٌ

Root: خرج

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مَخْرَجٌ an Verbal.Noun of 1.
2 Also A place of خُرُوج [i. e. of going, coming, passing, or getting, out, or forth; a place of egress, or exit; an outlet]: pl. مَخَارِجُ. You say, وَجَدْتُ فِى الأَمْرِ مَخْرَجًا I found, in the affair, or case, a place [or way] of escape, evasion, or safety. And فُلَانٌ يَعْرِفُ مَوَالِجَ الأُمُورِ وَمَخَارِجَهَا Such a one knows the ways of entering into affairs and those of withdrawing himself out of them.
3 [Hence, A privy: used in this sense in the S and K in art. حش, &c.
4 And The anus: used in this sense in the Msb in art. حقن.]
5 Also A time of خُرُوج [i. e. of going, &c., out, or forth; of egress, or exit].
6 فُلَانٌ حَسَنُ المَدْخَلِ والمَخْرَجِ means Such a one is good, and laudable, in his way of acting, or conduct. (TA in art. دخل.)
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