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دَسِيعَةٌ

Root: دسع

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دَسِيعَةٌ an Verbal.Noun دَسِيعَةُ ظُلْمٍ A wrongful, or tyrannical, pushing, or thrusting, or the like; for دَسِيعَةٌ مِنْ ظُلْمٍ; occurring in a trad.
2 A gift: a large gift: because given at once, like as a camel's cud is propelled by him with a single impulse. You say of a munificent man, هُوَ ضَخْمُ الدَّسِيعَةِ He is a large giver; one who gives much.
3 Natural disposition: or, as some say, generosity of action: or, as some say, make; or natural constitution.
4 The pl. is دَسَائِعُ.
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