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مُذَكَّرٌ

Root: ذكر

Full Definition

مُذَكَّرٌ [A masculine word; a word made mas- culine].
2 مُذَكَّرَةٌ A she-camel resembling a hecamel in make and in disposition. And also, or , A woman who makes herself like a male; as also ذَكَرَةٌ , or ذَكِرَةٌ , or ذَكْرَةٌ , and .
3 مُذَكَّرَةُ الثُّنْيَا A she-camel having a large head, like that of a he-camel: because her head is one of the parts that are excepted in the game of chance [called المَيْسِر] for the man who has sold her: [therefore those parts are termed الثُّنْيَا:] or resembling the make of the male in [the largeness of] the head and legs. (Th, M in art. ثنى.)
4 And يَوْمٌ مُذَكَّرٌ A day that is severe, distressing, or hard to be borne; as also مُذْكِرٌ : or in which a severe fight, or slaughter, has taken place. [See also ذَكَرٌ, last sentence but one.]
5 And دَاهِيَةٌ مُذَكَّرَةٌ A severe calamity or misfortune; and so مُذْكِرٌ [without ة because it is from this epithet applied to a she-camel as meaning "bringing forth a male;" for her doing so was disliked, as has been mentioned voce ذَكَرٌ]: or the latter means which none can withstand but strong, courageous, stubborn men.

def.2 See also ذَكَرٌ, in two places, in the latter half of the paragraph.
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