مَأْبِضٌ

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مَأْبِضٌ The inner side of the knee of any thing: or the inner sides of the two knees are called مَأْبِضَا السَّاقَيْنِ: or any part upon which a man bends, or folds, his thigh: or what is beneath each thigh, in the prominent places of the lower parts thereof: or the inner side of each thigh, as far as the belly: and also the wrist; the joint of the hand in the fore arm: and in the camel, [i. e.] in each of the fore legs of the camel, the inner side of the elbow: as also ↓أٌبْضٌ; or, as in [some of] the copies of the S in art. بيض, ; [in one copy of the S ; and in another, imperfectly written;] but some write it : and one says, أَخَذَ بِإِبِضِهِ, meaning He put his hands, or arms, beneath his knees, from behind, and then carried him. The pl. of مَأْبِضٌ is مَآبِضُ.

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