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بَعُوضٌ

Root: بعض

Full Definition

بَعُوضٌ [Gnats, or musquitoes;] i. q. بَقَّ [which signifies both gnats, or musquitoes, (called in Egypt نَامُوس,) and also bugs]: n. un. with ة: or pl. of بَعُوضَةٌ, which signifies i. q. بَقَّةٌ. A poet speaks of the humming of the بعوض of the water. The author of the K says, in the B, that the word is taken from بَعْضٌ, because of the smallness of the body of the بعوضة in comparison with other living things. You say, كَلَّفَنِى مُخَّ البَعُوضِ He imposed upon me a difficult thing: or an impossible thing.


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