Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

مَصْدُورٌ

Root: صدر

Full Definition

مَصْدُورٌ A man having a complaint of the chest. 'Obeyd-Allah Ibn- 'Abd-Allah Ibn-'Otbeh, on its being said to him, How long wilt thou utter this poetry? replied, لَا بُدَّ لِلْمَصْدُورِ مِنْ أَنْ يَسْعُلَا To him who has a complaint of the chest, there is no avoiding coughing. (TA. [See also نَفَثَ.])
2 It is also often used as meaning Grieved, afflicted, or vexed. (TA in art. نفث.)


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