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مُفْأَمٌ

Root: فأم

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مُفْأَمٌ : see 4, first sentence.
2 مَزَادَةٌ مُفْأَمَةٌ [A leathern water-bag] widened with a third skin between the two [other] skins: [see شَعِيبٌ:] and in like manner دَلْوٌ مُفْأَمَةٌ [app. meaning a widened leathern bucket].
3 And سِقَآءٌ مُفْأَمٌ [A skin for water or milk] filled.
4 See also 4, last sentence.
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