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لَمُنْفَرَثٌ

Root: فرث

Full Definition

لَمُنْفَرَثٌ , said of a pregnant woman, Verily she is affected with a heaving of the soul [or stomach], or a tendency to vomit, by reason of the heaviness of pregnancy: [or] one says of a woman in the beginning of her pregnancy, إنَّهَا , meaning [Verily] she is affected with a heaving of the soul [or stomach], or a tendency to vomit, and the phlegm at the head of her stomach is much in quantity: so says ISk, on the authority of AA: but [Az, after citing this, adds,] I know not whether it be مُنْفَرِثَةٌ or مُتَفَرِّثَةٌ : and اِمْرَأَةٌ فَرْثٌ , (M, TA, [in the former, as given in the TT, the latter word is written فرْثٌ, without any vowel-sign to the ف,]) it is said, means A woman who spits, [or expectorates phlegm,] and has a heaving of the soul [or stomach], or a tendency to vomit, in the beginning of her pregnancy.
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