رُدَيْنِىٌّ

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رُدَيْنِىٌّ [meaning A well-straightened spear; lit. a spear of Rudeyneh]: and قَنَاةٌ رُدَيْنِيَّةٌ [the same, or a well-straightened spear-shaft]: and رِمَاحٌ رُدَيْنِيَّةٌ [well-straightened spears]: accord. to their [the Arabs'] assertion, so called in relation to a woman named Rudeyneh, wife of Es-Semharee [or Semhar]; both of whom used to straighten spears, or spear-shafts, in Khatt-Hejer: and some say خَطِّيَّةٌ رُدْنٌ [wellstraightened spears of El-Khatt], and رِمَاحٌ رُدْنٌ. [See an ex. in a verse cited in art. ذوق, 6th conj.]

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