Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

مُغْزٍ

Root: غزو

Full Definition

مُغْزٍ [act. part. n. of 4, q. v.].
2 مُغْزِيَةٌ A woman whose husband is absent; [meaning] one whose husband has gone to fight with, and plunder, the enemy. See an ex. in a trad. mentioned voce كَاسِرٌ.

def.2 Also, مُغْزِيَةٌ, A she-camel that has exceeded the year [from the time when she was covered] without bringing forth; like مِدْرَاجٌ: or a she-camel that has exceeded the year by a month, or the like thereof, in pregnancy: so in the M. And A she-ass that is late in bringing forth, but does then bring forth. المُغْزِى مِنَ الغَنَمِ means Those that are late in bringing forth, by a month, or two months, after the others, of the sheep or goats, because of their having conceived at a late period.
2 And مغْزٍ signifies A she-camel whose impregnation is difficult: mentioned by Az.


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