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شِعْرِىٌّ

Root: شعر

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شِعْرِىٌّ [Of, or relating to, poetry; poetical.
2 And also False, or lying]. One says أَدِلَّةٌ شِعْرِيَّةٌ False, or lying, evidences or arguments: because of the many lies in poetry.

def.2 [And Of, or relating to, الشِّعْرَى, i. e. Sirius.] You say, رَعَيْنَا شِعْرِىَّ المَرَاعِى We pastured our cattle upon the herbage of which the growth was consequent upon the نَوْء [i. e. the auroral rising or setting] of الشِّعْرَى [or Sirius].
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