م خ ضm-kh-ḍ
(س) مَخِضَتْ تَمْخَضُ مَخَاضًاmakhiḍat tamkhaḍu makhāḍan: (of a pregnant woman) to be in the pangs of childbirth; the basic sense is churning and shaking. (This verb is not used in the Quran.)
مَخَاضٌmakhāḍ (verbal noun, maṣdar; also a noun, ism dhāt): the pangs of childbirth. Only once in the Quran: ﴿فَاَجَآءَهَا الْمَخَاضُ اِلٰى جِذْعِ النَّخْلَةِ﴾ (Maryam 19:23)