Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

مَحْفِدٌ

Root: حفد

Full Definition

مَحْفِدٌ Origin, syn. أَصْلٌ, of a man; or in a general sense; i. q. مَحْتِدٌ and مَحْكِدٌ and مَحْقِدٌ.
2 And The base, or lower part, (أَصْل,) of a camel's hump: or the hump itself.


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