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نَمِشٌ

Root: نمش

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نَمِشٌ Speckled with white and black; applied to a bull; and so أَنْمَشُ ; applied to a man. You say, ثَوْرٌ نَمِشٌ, meaning, A wild bull, which has specks and lines. or streaks. And ثَوْرٌ نَمِشٌ القَوَائِمِ A bull having black lines, or streaks, in the legs. And عَنْزٌ A she-goat that is black speckled with white, or white speckled with black.
2 سَيْفٌ نَمِشٌ A sword in which are diversified wavy streaks.
3 بَعِيرٌ نَمِشٌ A camel having in his foot a mark that becomes distinctly shown upon the ground, without any mark thereon made artificially; and so بعير نَهِشٌ.
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