The root mīm rā ḍād (م ر ض), according to corpus.quran.com is used 24 times.
Compare it with the English. merda - stench, stench, feces, dung, excrement, shit, shit, from Latin. merda(e) - dung, excrement from Proto-Indo-European. (s)merd- - bite, sting.
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