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دَائِصٌ

Root: ديص

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دَائِصٌ A thief: pl. دَاصَةٌ.
2 One who follows the magistrates, and goes round about a thing.
3 The pl., mentioned above, also signifies Men who flee from war, or battle: or who put themselves in motion for flight.
4 And The lowest or basest or meanest sort of mankind, or of people; because of their being much in commotion: one of such is termed دَائِصٌ.
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