ضَائعٌ
Root: ضيع
Full Definition
ضَائعٌ
Perishing, coming to nought, passing away, or becoming lost: [and being left; left, or let, alone; or neglected:] part. n. of 1: pl. ضِيَاعٌ and ضُيَّعٌ. [See an ex. of the latter pl. in a verse cited voce دَانَ, in art. دين. See also سَائِعٌ, in art. سوع.]
2 And A man in a state of poverty: or having a family, or household, to sustain: or in a state of circumstances by means of which he is unable to subsist.
3 فُلَانٌ يَأْكُلُ فِى مِعًى ضَائِعٍ means جَائِعٍ [i. e. Such a one eats into a hungry, or an empty, gut]: and it was said to the daughters of ElKhuss, “ What is the sharpest thing? (مَا أَحَدُّ شَىْء;) and she answered, نَابٌ جَائِعٌ يُلْقِى فِى مِعًى ضَائِعٍ [A hungry canine tooth that throws the food into an empty gut].
2 And A man in a state of poverty: or having a family, or household, to sustain: or in a state of circumstances by means of which he is unable to subsist.
3 فُلَانٌ يَأْكُلُ فِى مِعًى ضَائِعٍ means جَائِعٍ [i. e. Such a one eats into a hungry, or an empty, gut]: and it was said to the daughters of ElKhuss, “ What is the sharpest thing? (مَا أَحَدُّ شَىْء;) and she answered, نَابٌ جَائِعٌ يُلْقِى فِى مِعًى ضَائِعٍ [A hungry canine tooth that throws the food into an empty gut].
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