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مُحَنَّبٌ

Root: حنب

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مُحَنَّبٌ An old man bent with age.
2 A horse characterized by what is termed تَحْنِيبٌ: [see 2:]) accord. to A 'Obeyd, wide in the space between the hind legs, without فَجَجٌ, or فَحَجٌ: an epithet of commendation: accord. to ISh, having curved bones: the mare, he says, is termed حَنْبَآءُ : and this latter, accord. to As, is an epithet applied to a mare curved in the سَاقَانِ [or shanks] of the fore legs: or, accord. to IAar, in [the shanks of] the hind legs: or, as he says in another place, curved in the ساق [here app. meaning the hind shank]. [See also مُجَنَّبٌ.]
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