منقبض munḳabiẓ A (part. act. VII. of قبض Heb. and Chald. ) adj. Constipated, contracted.

مختل muḵẖtall A (part. pass. VIII. of خلّ) adj. 1. Confused, confounded, disturbed, corrupted. 2. Emaciated.

ملحد mulḥid A (part. act. IV. of لحد) s. m. A heretick, unbeliever, one who denies the resur- rection, a deist, an apostate. (Arab. plur. ملحدين mulḥidīn).

ممتنع mumtanaﻌ A (part. pass. VIII. of منع Heb. and Chald. ) adj. Prohibited, for- bidden, impossible.

مال māl A s. m. 1. Property, wealth, merchan- dise, goods, effects. 2. A prize (in a lottery, &c.). مال خاوند māl-ḵẖāwind, A proprietor. مالدار māl-dār, adj. Wealthy, rich. مالداري māl-dār-ī, s. f. Wealthiness. مال زاده māl-zāda, A son of a whore, a pimp or pander. مال زادي māl-zādī, s. f. A bawd, a whore. مالضامن māl-ẓāmin, A security (for property, or money, in opposition to حاضرضامن ḥāẓir-ẓāmin). مال مردم خور māl-i-mardum-ḵẖor, A consumer of the property of others; one who borrows and never pays. مال مست māl-mast, adj. Purse- proud.

منطقه mint̤aḳa A (noun of instrum. from نطق) s. m. A girdle, zone, belt. منطقة البروج min- t̤aḳatu-l-burūj, The celestial girdle, i. e. the zodiack. منطقه مبروده mint̤aḳa-e-mabrūda, The frigid zone. منطقه محروقه mint̤aḳa-e-maḥrūḳa, The torrid zone. منطقه معتدله mint̤aḳa-e-muﻌ- tadila, The temperate zone.

مستعد mustaʼiﻌdd A (part. act. X. of عدّ Heb. ) adj. Prepared, ready, capable, able, fit, proper, worthy, adept. مستعد علم mustaʼiﻌdd-i-iﻌlm, Learned.

مجتمع mujtamiﻌ A (part. act. VIII. of جمع Chald. ) 1. adj. Assembled, convened, to- gether in one place. 2. Agreeing in the same opinion. 3. (A man) arriving at full strength. 4. s. m. An assemblage.

مکبر mukabbir A (part. act. II. of کبر) adj. Mag- nifying; one who magnifies (God, saying الله اکبر).

مسجع musajjaﻌ A (part. pass. II. of سجع) Rhyth- mical (speech), harmonious or measured (pe- riods).