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طِيخٌ

Root: طيخ

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طِيخٌ a word imitative of the sound of laughing. قَالُوا طِيخِ طِيخِ, the word طيخ being in this case indecl., with kesr for its termination, means They uttered a reiterated laughing [like a repeating of طِيخ].

def.2 Also, and طَيْخٌ , Ignorance.
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