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إِمْخَاضٌ

Root: مخض

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إِمْخَاضٌ Fresh milk (حَلِيب), or churned milk (لَبَنٌ مَخِيضٌ), as long as it remains in the مِمْخَضَة: or, as some say, milk collected in the place of pasturage until it amounts to the quantity of a camel-load: pl. أَمَا خِيضُ. You say إِمْخَاضٌ مِنْ لَبَنٍ and إِحْلَابٌ مِنْ لَبَنٍ: or the former is of ewes or she- goats, or of cows; and the latter, of camels. (TA, in art. حلب, q. v.)
2 See also مِمْخَضٌ.
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