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الفُوَيْسِقَةُ

Root: فسق

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الفُوَيْسِقَةُ The rat, or mouse; syn. الفَأْرَةُ: so called because it comes forth from its hole upon people: or, accord. to Z, because it does mischief in houses: and it is said in a trad. that it is to be killed: the word is the dim. of فَاسِقَةٌ.
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