سَعَاةٌ
Root: سعو
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سَعَاةٌ
The occupation of oneself according to his own judgment or discretion or free will in procuring the means of subsistence, and in earning, or gain. Hence the prov., شَغَلَتْ سَعَاتِى جَدْوَاىَ [My occupation of myself in procuring the means of subsistence has diverted me from giving]: El-Mundhiree says that شِعَابِى, with ش, is a mistranscription: it is applied to him whose disposition is generous but who is in want. (TA. [See also art. شعب.])
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