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شَعِرٌ

Root: شعر

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شَعِرٌ : see أَشْعَرُ.
2 [The fem.] شَعِرَةٌ signifies [particularly] A sheep or goat (شَاةٌ) having hair growing between the two halves of its hoof, which in consequence bleed: or having an itching in its knees, and therefore always scratching with them.
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