Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

مُغِنٌّ

Root: غن

Full Definition

مُغِنٌّ A valley in which is [heard] the sound [or humming] of flies; these not being in any valley but such as abounds with herbs or herbage; a valley of which the flies are abundant, by reason of the denseness, or luxuriance, of its herbs or herbage, so that a غُنَّة [or humming] is heard, produced by their flying: the epithet being applied to it, but being properly applicable to the flies. [See also أَغَنُّ.]


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