مَسْخٌ
Root: مسخ
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مَسْخٌ
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مَسِيخٌ , [the former originally an Verbal.Noun, and therefore used as sing. and dual and pl. without alteration, though مُسُوخٌ is used as a pl. by late writers, ] the latter of the measure فَعِيلٌ in the sense of the measure مَفْعُولٌ, Transformed, or metamorphosed, into a worse, or more foul, or more ugly, shape. Ex. الجَانُّ مَسْخُ الجِنِّ
The Jánn, which are slender serpents, are the transformed of the Jinn, or Genii; like as certain persons of the Children of Israel were transformed into apes. [See Kur, ii. 61.]
2 Also, the ↓ latter, Deformed; rendered ugly in make, or form. Hence, some say, the appellation of الدَّجَّالُ [more commonly المَسِيحُ الدّجّان, q. v.].
3 Also, the same,
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2 Also, the ↓ latter, Deformed; rendered ugly in make, or form. Hence, some say, the appellation of الدَّجَّالُ [more commonly المَسِيحُ الدّجّان, q. v.].
3 Also, the same,
4 And
5 And
[Tasteless, insipid, like the flesh of a new-born camel, thou art not sweet nor art thou bitter].مَسِيخٌ مَلِيخٌ كَلَحْمِ الحُوَا رِ لَا أَنْتَ حُلْوٌ وَلَا أَنْتَ مُرٌّ
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