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مُبَكِّتٌ

Root: بكت

Full Definition

مُبَكِّتٌ A woman who usually brings forth a male child after a female. [Such a woman is app. thus called because supposed to reproach her husband for his having been displeased with her on her bringing forth a female.]


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