جَهِيضٌ

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جَهِيضٌ , applied to the young one, or fœtus, of a camel, and of a woman, i. q. مُجْهَضٌ [pass. part. n. of أَجْهَضَتْ, q. v.]: or, as also جِهْضٌ , on the authority of Fr, being, as he says, like خِدْجٌ, in the K, erroneously, جَهِضٌ, an abortion: or a young one perfectly formed, and into which the spirit has been inspired, without its living: or جِهْضٌ signifies the young one of a camel that is cast before its form is apparent.

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