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مَزْهَقَةٌ

Root: زهق

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مَزْهَقَةٌ [A cause of the departure of the soul: a word of the same class as مَبْخَلَةٌ and مَجْبَنَةٌ].
2 [Hence,] one says of a camel which others strive in vain to overtake, هٰذَا الجَمَلُ مَزْهَقَةٌ لِأَرْوَاحِ المَطِىِّ [This camel is one that takes away the breath of the other beasts, or saddle-camels].
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