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مُرْشِحٌ

Root: رشح

Full Definition

مُرْشِحٌ , or مُرَشِّحٌ , A she-camel having a young one that has become strong enough to walk, or able to walk with strength: or having a young one that has become strong, and that walks with her: or having a young one that associates, or keeps company, with her, walking with her and behind her, and not fatiguing her: or having a young one that has become strong: and in like manner a woman: or each signifies, as also رَاشِحٌ , applied to a she-camel, as a possessive epithet, having a young one of which she rubs the root of his tail, pushing him on with her head; and before which she goes, and waits for him to overtake her; and which she sometimes gently urges on, and follows.
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