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مِحْفَنٌ

Root: حفن

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مِحْفَنٌ , applied to a man, i. q. كَثِيرُ الحفْنِ [i. e. One who takes much with the palms of his two hands and with the fingers put together: or who scoops up, or out, much, with both his hands: see 1, first sentence].
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