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مَحْشَاةٌ

Root: حشو

Full Definition

مَحْشَاةٌ [The rectum;] the lowest of the places of the food, [i. e.] the portion of the intestines which is the lowest of the places of the food, leading [immediately] to the place of egress; in a beast, i. q. مَبْعَرٌ: (TA: [explained in the K in art. حش, to which it does not belong:]) pl. مَحَاشٍ. Hence, إِيَّاكُمْ وَ إِتْيَانَ النِّسَآءِ فِى مَحَاشِيهِنَّ فَإِنَّ كُلَّ مَحْشَاةٍ حَرَامٌ.


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