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جَرِيدَةٌ

Root: جرد

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جَرِيدَةٌ n. un. of جَرِيدٌ as a coll. gen. n.: see the latter in four places.
2 Also fem. of the latter as an epithet.
3 Also A detachment of horsemen; a company of horsemen detached (جُرِّدَتْ, S, A) from the rest of the force, or from the main body of the horsemen, in some direction, or for same object: or a company of horsemen among whom are no footsoldiers, nor any of the baser sort, or of those of whom no account is made: or horsemen among whom are no foot-soldiers; as also جُرْدٌ [as though pl. of أَجْرَدٌ], with damm, or جَرْدٌ . [See an ex. under the word بَيْتٌ, last sentence.]
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