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5 تفخّذ المَرْأَةَ ذ He (a man, Msb) sat between the thighs of the woman (Mgh, Msb) as he sits who performs [or is about to perform] the act of coïtus; as also ↓ فاخذها , [inf. n. مُفَاخَذَةٌ;] and ↓ فخّذها , inf. n. تَفْخِيذٌ: (Msb:) or he sat above the thighs of the woman: (Mgh:) ↓ التَّفْخِيذُ signifies the same as ↓ المُفَاخَذَةُ [app. agreeably with the former or the latter of the explanations above]. (S, O, L.) -A2- And تفخّذ He retired, or held back, (O, K,) عَنِ الأَمْرِ from the affair. (O.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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