مَشْفُوعٌ
Root: شفع
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مَشْفُوعٌ
A possession (مِلْكٌ [here meaning house, or piece of land,]) coupled [by purchase] with a man's possession [previously belonging to him,
def.2 Also Affected with diabolical, or demoniacal, possession; or with madness, or insanity; and مَسْفُوعٌ, with the unpointed س, is a dial. var. thereof.
2 And مَشْفُوعَةٌ is said to signify A woman smitten by the [evil] eye: (IF, O, L: [but see شُفْعَةٌ, last sentence:]) the masc. is not used in this sense.
def.2 Also Affected with diabolical, or demoniacal, possession; or with madness, or insanity; and مَسْفُوعٌ, with the unpointed س, is a dial. var. thereof.
2 And مَشْفُوعَةٌ is said to signify A woman smitten by the [evil] eye: (IF, O, L: [but see شُفْعَةٌ, last sentence:]) the masc. is not used in this sense.
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