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رَحُومٌ

Root: رحم

Full Definition

رَحُومٌ and رَحْمَآءُ , applied to a she-camel, and to a ewe or she-goat, and to a woman, [and app. to any animal having a womb, (see رَحُمَتْ)] Having a complaint of her womb after bringing forth, and dying in consequence thereof; and , applied to a she-camel, signifies the same: the pl. of رَحُومٌ is رُحُمٌ, with two dammehs.
2 For the first, see also الرَّحْمٰنُ, near the end of the paragraph.
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