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مِنْحَارٌ

Root: نحر

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مِنْحَارٌ an intensive epithet applied to a man, [A great slaughterer of camels; as also نَحَّارٌ :] and signifying Liberal; bountiful; munificent; or generous. You say إِنَّهُ لَمِنْحَارُ بَوَائِكِهَا Verily he is a [great] slaughterer of the fat camels: and هُمْ نَحَّارُونَ لِلْجُزُرِ [They are great slaughterers of camels].
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