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مَشِيجٌ

Root: مشج

Full Definition

مَشِيجٌ and مَشَجَ and like كتف in its two dial. forms, (فِى لُغَتَيْهِ, K accord. to the TA,) i. e., and مِشْجٌ , or like كَتِفٌ in a dial. of little authority, (فِى لُغَيَّةٍ, CK and a MS. copy of the K.) [See مَشْيُوحَآءُ, in art. شيج.] A thing mixed, or confused: or any two things mixed together: or any two colours mixed together: or what is a mixture of red and white: pl. أَمْشَاجٌ.
2 نُطْفَةٌ أَمْشَاجٌ, occurring in the Kur, lxxvi. 2, [A drop consisting of] mixtures; meaning the sperma genitale, because it is a mixture of various kinds: or [a drop consisting of] mixtures of sperma genitale and blood: or [a drop consisting of] the sperma genitale of the man mixed with that of the woman and with her blood.
3 Also أَمْشَاجٌ What collect together in the navel.
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