مخاض

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Arabic

Root
م خ ض (m ḵ ḍ)
2 terms

Pronunciation

Noun

مَخَاض (maḵāḍm

  1. labour pains
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 19:23:
      فَأَجَاۤءَهَا ٱلۡمَخَاضُ إِلَىٰ جِذۡعِ ٱلنَّخۡلَةِ قَالَتۡ یَـٰلَیۡتَنِی مِتُّ قَبۡلَ هَـٰذَا وَكُنتُ نَسۡیࣰا مَّنسِیࣰّا
      faʔajāʔahā l-maḵāḍu ʔilā jiḏʕi n-naḵlati qālat yālaytanī mittu qabla hāḏā wakuntu nasyan mansiyyan
      Then the pains of labour drove her to the trunk of a palm tree. She cried, “Alas! I wish I had died before this, and was a thing long forgotten!”

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