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مُضِرٌّ

Root: ضر

Full Definition

مُضِرٌّ Approaching to a thing: and approaching so near as to harm, injure, or hurt. سَحَابٌ مُضِرٌّ means Clouds approaching the earth.

def.2 Also A man having two wives, or having [several] wives at the same time. And a woman having a fellow-wife, or having fellow-wives; having a fellow-wife, or two fellow-wives; as also مُضِرَّةٌ.

def.3 And A man having a ضَرَّة [q. v.] of cattle: or who has a ضَرَّة of cattle that return to him in the afternoon, or evening, from the place of pasture.
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