مَشِيجٌ

(S, K) and ↓ مَشَجَ (K) and like كتف in its two dialect forms, (فِى لُغَتَيْهِ, K according to the TA,) i. e., ↓ مَشِجٌ and ↓ مِشْجٌ, or like كَتِفٌ in a dialect of little authority, (فِى لُغَيَّةٍ, CK and a MS. copy of the K.) [See مَشْيُوحَاءُ, in article شيج.] A thing mixed, or confused: (S, K:) or any two things mixed together: or any two colours mixed together: or what is a mixture of red and white: (TA:) plural (of all the above forms, TA) أَمْشَاجٌ. (S, K.)

نُطْفَةٌ أَمْشَاجٌ, occurring in the Qur'an, 76:2, [A drop consisting of] mixtures; meaning the sperma genitale, because it is a mixture of various kinds: (ISk:) or [a drop consisting of] mixtures of sperma genitale and blood: (Zj:) or [a drop consisting of] the sperma genitale of the man mixed with that of the woman and with her blood. (S, K.)

Also أَمْشَاجٌ What collect together in the navel. (K.)