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آسٍ

Root: اسو

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آسٍ A physician; one skilled in medical, curative, therapeutical, [or surgical,] treatment [particularly of wounds]: pl. أُسَاةٌ and إِسَآءٌ; said by IJ to be the only instance of فُعْلَةٌ and فِعَالٌ interchangeable except رُعَاةٌ and رِعَآءٌ pls. of رَاعٍ: and آسُونَ occurs [as its pl.] in a verse of Hoteiäh.
2 With the people of the desert, [its fem.] آسِيَةٌ signifies A female circumciser [of girls]. (S, K: [mentioned in the latter in art. اسى.])

def.2 See also أَسُوَانُ.
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