المَعْجَمِ

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المَعْجَمِ [lit. Hard in respect of the place of biting, or of chewing. And hence,] applied to a man, as also صُلْبُ , Mighty, strong, resisting, or indomitable, in respect of spirit; such as, when tried by affairs, or events, is found to be mighty, strong, or resisting, and hard, or hardy. And نَاقَةَ ذَاتُ A she-camel having strength, or power, and fatness, and endurance of journeying: or having patience, and soundness, and strength for treading the way with vehemence: [for الدعك the last word of this explanation in my original, I read الدَّعْق:] Sh disapproves of the saying having fatness: accord. to IB, the phrase signifies a she-camel such as, when tried, is found to have strength for traversing the desert, or waterless desert; and he says that it does not mean in which is fatness.

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