maḍgh

chewing, mastication

مَضْغ

Word

Noun · pattern فَعْل

Root

م ض غ

In the library

ثم قال خالد: هأنذا مبتلى بالمضغ، ومحمول على تحريك اللحيين، ومضطر الى مناسبة البهائم، ومحتمل ما في ذلك من السخف والعجز.

The Book of Misers, page 88 →

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 1 entry

مُضْغَةٌ A piece, or bit, of flesh

A piece, or bit, of flesh (T, S, K), &c.: (T, K:) or a morsel, or gobbet, of flesh, i. e. a piece of flesh such as a man puts into his mouth: (Khálid Ibn-Jembeh, TA:) or as much as is chewed [at once]: (Msb:) and such as the heart, and the tongue, of a man: (TA:) and a fœtus when it has become like a lump of flesh: see Kur. xxii. 5; and see خَلِيقٌ.

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