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لَمُوسٌ

Root: لمس

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لَمُوسٌ A she-camel of whose fatness one doubts; on the authority of Ibn-'Abbád; i. q. شَكُوكٌ and ضَبُوثٌ: or of whose hump one doubts, whether there be in her fat or not; wherefore it is felt: pl. لُمُسٌ.
2 [Hence,] One whose origin, or lineage, is suspected; syn. دَعِىٌّ: or in whose grounds of pretention to respect is a fault, or taint.
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