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نَاضِحٌ

Root: نضح

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نَاضِحٌ A camel or an ass or a bull upon which water is drawn (يَسْتَقَى عَلَيْهِ) [from a well &c.]: a camel that carries water (يَحْمِلُ المَآءَ) from a river or canal or well to irrigate seed-produce; so called because it is a means of moistening [or allaying] thirst by the water which it carries: the female is called نَاضِحَةٌ and سَانِيَةٌ [q. v.]: pl. نَوَاضِحُ.
2 Afterwards applied to Any camel: as in the following instance, occurring in a trad., أَطْعِمْهُ نَاضِحَكَ Give him thy camel to eat.
3 See نَضْحٌ.
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