مِرِّيخٌ
Root: مرخ
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مِرِّيخٌ
: see مَرِخٌ.
def.2 A long arrow, having four feathers, with which one shoots to the utmost distance: or an arrow which they make for lightness, and which they mostly shoot to the utmost distance [to measure the ground] for the purpose of making horses run when they contend in a race.
2 المِرِّيخُ, and مِرِّيخٌ, without ال, which, however, is understood, [The planet Mars]; one of the stars called الخُنَّسُ, in the fifth heaven, also called بَهْرَامُ.
def.2 A long arrow, having four feathers, with which one shoots to the utmost distance: or an arrow which they make for lightness, and which they mostly shoot to the utmost distance [to measure the ground] for the purpose of making horses run when they contend in a race.
2 المِرِّيخُ, and مِرِّيخٌ, without ال, which, however, is understood, [The planet Mars]; one of the stars called الخُنَّسُ, in the fifth heaven, also called بَهْرَامُ.
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