مُذَكٍّ
Root: ذكو
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مُذَكٍّ
, applied to a man, Old, or advanced in age, and big-bodied, or corpulent: [or full-grown, or of full age: see ذَكَآءٌ:] or an old man, but only such as is much experienced and disciplined: and accord. to ISd, anything [i. e. any animal] old, or advanced in age: by some especially applied to a solid-hoofed animal; and said to mean one that has passed the
قُرُوح [or finishing of teething] by a year: or مَذَاكٍ, which is its pl., [(like as مُذَكِّيَاتٌ is pl. of the fem.,) and also pl. of its syn.
مُذْكٍ ,] signifies, applied to horses, of generous race, advanced in age, that have passed a year, or two years, after their
قُرُوح: the sing. is like مُخْلِفٌ applied to a camel: or مُذَكٍّ signifies a horse of full age and of complete strength; as also
مُذْكٍ : or a horse whose run becomes spent (يَذْهِبُ), and [then, but not before he has exhausted his power,] stops. It is said in a prov., جَرْىُ
المُذَكِّيَاتُ غِلَابٌ [The running of the horses that have attained to their full age and strength is a contending for superiority]: it may mean that the horse in this case contends for superiority with him that runs with him; or that his second run is always more than his first, and his third than his second: or, as some relate it, غِلَآءٌ; (Meyd, and so in other copies of the S in this art., and in the S and K in art غلو;) meaning that the running of such horses is several bowshots: (Meyd, and S and K in art. غلو:) it is applied to him who is described as entering into contests for excellence with his compeers.
2 [Hence,] سَحَابَةٌ , or, as in the Tekmileh, مُذَكِّيَةٌ,
2 [Hence,] سَحَابَةٌ , or, as in the Tekmileh, مُذَكِّيَةٌ,
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