Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

مُسْتَحْمِلٌ

Root: حمل

Full Definition

مُسْتَحْمِلٌ A month that brings people into difficulty, or distress; that is not as it should be. Such is said by the Arabs to be the case إِذَا نَحَرَ هِلَالٌ شِمَالًا [app. meaning when a new moon faces a north-east wind].


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