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مَحَانِثُ

Root: حنث

Full Definition

مَحَانِثُ , accord. to some, having no sing.; but accord. to others, its sing. is مَحْنَثٌ , and this is app. the truth, and is agreeable with analogy; Places [i. e. occasions] of falling into the violation of an oath or oaths, or into sin or crime; expl. by مَوَاقِعُ حِنْثٍ and مَوَاقِعُ إِثْمٍ.
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