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شِيَةٌ

Root: شوى

Full Definition

شِيَةٌ i. q. شَآءٌ [q. v. in art. شوه]; as also شَوِىٌّ ; the latter is like غَنِىٌّ, [الشَّوٰى in the CK as syn. with الشّاءُ being a mistranscription,] and is said by IAth to be a quasi-pl. n., or [what lexicographers term] a pl., of شَاةٌ [n. un. of شَآءٌ].


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