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مُخْطَفُ

Root: خطف

Full Definition

مُخْطَفُ , applied to a horse, Lean, or lank, in the part of the belly that is behind the place of the girth: and مُخْطَفٌ [alone] is applied to a man [in a similar sense]; as also مَخْطُوفٌ : and مُخْطَفُ البَطْنِ lean, or lank, in the belly; syn. مُنْطَوِيهِ; applied to a camel, and to an ass: and الحَشَا and , applied to a man, [signify the same,] i. q. ضَامِرُهُ.
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