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نَخِيجَةٌ

Root: نخج

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نَخِيجَةٌ , or, accord. to some, نَجِيجٌ, without ة, or, as some say, نَجِيخَةٌ, and I know not which is right, Thin butter which comes forth from the skin when it is carried on a camel, after the first butter has been taken forth.
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