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جَوِىٌّ

Root: جوى

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جَوِىٌّ Contracted in the bosom, by reason of disease therein, so that his tongue cannot explain for him, or so that his tongue can hardly, or not at all, explain for him.
2 أَرْضٌ جَوِيَّةٌ: see جَوٍ.
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