مخاض

• IPA^(key): /ma.xaːdˤ/

مَخَاض • (maḵāḍ) m

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!”