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مُعْضِلٌ

Root: عضل

Full Definition

مُعْضِلٌ , applied to an affair, [Hard, strait, or difficult; ] such that one cannot find the way to perform it. See also عُضَالٌ, in two places.
2 And see مُعَضِّلٌ:
3 and عِضْلٌ.
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