مُحْلِفٌ

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مُحْلِفٌ Anything respecting which one doubts, so that people swear respecting it; so called because it occasions swearing: such is also termed مُحْنِثٌ. [Hence,] A boy of whom one doubts whether he have attained to puberty. [And hence] it is said, حَضَارِ وَالوَزْنُ مُحْلَفَانِ [Hadári and El-Wezn are two causes of swearing]: these are two stars: the reason of the saying is that which is explained in art. حضر, voce حَضَارِ. Hence, also, كُمَيْتٌ مُحْلِفَةٌ, or كميت مُحْلِفٌ, i. e. [A bay] not of a clear hue; between that termed أَحْوَى and that termed أَحَمُّ: accord. to the K, of a clear hue; but this is the meaning of غَيْرُ مُحْلِفٍ. A poet says, namely Hubeyreh Ibn- 'Abd-Menáf El-Yarboo'ee, also called, after his mother, Ibn-El-Kelhabeh, كُمَيْتٌ غَيْرُ مُحْلِفَةٍ وَلٰكِنْ كَلَوْنِ الصِّرْفِ عُلَّ بِهِ الأَدِيمُ [A bay not of a dubious hue, but like the colour of the صرف with which the hide is dyed a second time]; i. e., of a clear hue, so that one does not swear that she is otherwise than such: accord. to IAar, not requiring her owner to swear that he has seen her like in generousness: but the former is the right meaning. Also نَاقَةٌ مُحْلِفَةٌ A she-camel respecting the fatness of which one doubts.

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