لاقِحٌ

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لاقِحٌ and لَقُوحٌ and مَلْقُوحَةٌ A she-camel having just conceived, or become pregnant; as also قَارِحٌ: afterwards, when her pregnancy has become manifestly apparent, she is termed خَلِفَةٌ: pl. of the former لَوَاقِحُ and لُقَّحٌ; and of the second, لُقُحٌ. (L, K, TA: in the CK لُقَّحٌ.)
2 رِيَاحٌ لَوَاقِحُ Pregnant winds; so called because they bear the water and the clouds, and turn the latter over and about, and then cause them to send down rain; or because they become pregnant, and then impregnate the clouds: the sing. is رِيحٌ لَاقِحٌ, the contr. of which is termed رِيحٌ عَقِيمٌ [or “ a barren wind ”]: or ريح لاقح signifies ذَاتُ لَقَلَاحٍ [possessing that which impregnates]; like as دِرْهَمٌ وَازِنٌ signifies ذُو وَزْنِ; رَجُلٌ رَامِحٌ, ذُو رُمْحٍ: or رياح لواقح signifies impregnating, or fecundating, winds; as also [pl. of مُلْقِحَةٌ]: or it is not allowable to say مَلَاقِحُ; but this is the regular form of the word; because the wind impregnates the clouds; and thus لواقح is extr.: or, as some say, the proper original word is مُلْقِحَةٌ; but the winds do not impregnate unless they are themselves pregnant; as though they were pregnant with good, and, when they raised the clouds, transmitted to them that good.
3 حَرْبٌ لَاقِحٌ War pregnant [with great events.]

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