Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

الغَيْذَا

Root: غذو

Full Definition

الغَيْذَا , of the measure فَيْعَلٌ [when indeterminate], from غَذَا “ it flowed, ” occurring in a trad. as meaning The clouds, is said by Z to be the only word of this measure having the final radical letter infirm except الكَيْهَا, [which I do not find in its proper art.,] meaning “ the large, or bulky, ” she-camel [like كَهَاةٌ and كَيْهَاةٌ].


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