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مَنْفُوسٌ

Root: نفس

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مَنْفُوسٌ : see نَفِيسٌ, in two places.

def.2 Brought forth; born. It is said in a trad., مَا مِنْ نَفْسٍ مَنْفُوسَةٍ إِلَّا وَقَذْ كُتِبَ مَكَانُهَا مِنَ الجَنَّةِ أَوِ النَّارِ [There is not any soul born but its place in Paradise or Hell has been written].
2 مَنْفُوسَةٌ applied to a woman: see نُفَسَآءُ.

def.3 Smitten with an evil, or envious, eye.
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