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مَضْمُونٌ

Root: ضمن

Full Definition

مَضْمُونٌ pass. part. n. of 1 in the first of the senses assigned to the latter above: you say شَىْءٌ مَضْمُونٌ [meaning A thing, such as property, or the payment of a debt, &c., ensured by an acknowledgment of responsibility for it].
2 مَضْمُونُ كِتَابٍ means مَا فِى ضِمْنِهِ and طَيِّهِ [i. e. The contents of a writing or letter; or what is infolded, or included, in a writing or letter; what is implied therein; and what is indicated therein]: pl. مَضَامِينُ.
3 And المَضَامِينُ, of which the sing. is مَضْمُونٌ, and one may also say مَضْمُونَةٌ, as meaning نَسَمَةٌ, signifies What are [comprised] in the loins of the stallions; i. e. the progeny [thereof, in the elemental state]: or, accord. to Aboo-Sa'eed, [though the reverse is generally held to be the case,] المَلَاقِيحُ signifies what are in the backs of the he-camels, and المَضَامِينُ what are in the bellies of the females. (L in art. لقح.) The selling of the مضامين and the ملاقيح is forbidden. [مَضَامِينُ is also pl. of مِضْمَانٌ, q. v.]
4 مَضْمُونُ اليَدِ i. q. مَخْبُونُهَا, meaning مَعْلُولُهَا [i. e. Diseased in the arm, or hand]; applied to a man.
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