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مَسْفُوحٌ

Root: سفح

Full Definition

مَسْفُوحٌ : see سَافِحٌ.
2 [Hence,] applied to a camel, it means قَدْ سُفِحَ فِى الأَرْضِ وَمُدَّ [Stretched, or extended, upon the ground; وَمُدَّ being an explicative adjunct].
3 Wide. You say نَاقَةٌ مَسْفُوحَةُ الإِبْطِ A she-camel wide in the arm-pit. And جَمَلٌ مَسْفُوحُ الضُّلُوعِ A camel [wide i. e.] not contracted in the ribs.
4 Thick, coarse, or big.
5 You say also, إِنَّهُ لَمَسْفُوحُ العُنُقِ, meaning Verily he is long, and thick, coarse, or big, in the neck.
6 And المَسْفُوحُ is the name of A horse of Sakhr Ibn-'Amr Ibn-El-Hárith.
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