أُضْحِيَّةٌ
Root: ضحو
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أُضْحِيَّةٌ
, of the measure أُفْعُولَةٌ [as though originally أُضْحُويَةٌ], and إِضْحِيَّةٌ, pl. [of each] أَضاحِىُّ; and
ضَحِيَّةٌ , of which the pl. is ضَحَايَا; and أَضْحَاةٌ, of which the pl. is
, (As, S, Mgh, Msb, K, [in copies of the K and in my copy of the Mgh written أَضْحَى, but it is properly speaking a coll. gen. n. of which أَضْحَاةٌ is the n. un., and is therefore with tenween,]) like أَرْطَاةٌ and أَرْطًى; A sheep or goat &c. [i. e. meaning also a camel and a bull or cow] that is slaughtered, or sacrificed, in the time called
الضُّحَى, on the day called
يَوْمُ الأَضْحَى [the day of the victims, which is the tenth of Dhu-l-Hijjeh].
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