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مَمْسُوحُ

Root: مسح

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مَمْسُوحُ Having the buttocks cleaving to the bone, and small.
2 مَمْسُوحٌ A eunuch whose testicles have been extirpated.
3 عَضُدٌ مَمْسُوحَةٌ An arm, from the shoulder to the elbow, having little flesh.
4 مَمْسُوحُ A thing foul, or ugly, and unfortunate, and changed from its proper form, or make. [See art. مسخ.]
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