عَرِيضٌ
Root: عرض
Full Definition
عَرِيضٌ
Broad, or wide; as also
عُرَاضٌ ; like as one says كَبِيرٌ and كُبَارٌ: fem. of the former, and of the latter, with ة: the pl. of عَرِيضٌ is عِرَاضٌ, like as كِرَامٌ is pl. of كَرِيمٌ. You say, عُرَاضَةٌ and
عُرَاضَةٌ [A broad, or wide, bow]. And
, or أَثَرًا, in which the latter word is in the accus. case as a specificative, meaning Camels whose foot-marks are broad. And فُلَانٌ عَرِيضُ البِطَانِ
def.2 Also A goat that is a year old, or about a year old, and that takes [or crops] of the herbage and trees [or shrubs] with the side of his mouth: or such as is termed عَتُود [q. v.], when he rattles, and desires copulation: or a [young] goat above such as is weaned and below such as is termed جَذَع [q. v.]: or such as has pastured and become strong: or such as is termed جَذَع: or a young goat when he leaps the female: it is applied only to a male: the female is termed عَرِيضَةٌ: with the people of El-Hijáz it means peculiarly such as is gelded: it is also applied to a gazelle that has nearly become a ثَنِىّ [q. v.]: pl. عِرْضَانٌ and عُرْضَانٌ.
def.2 Also A goat that is a year old, or about a year old, and that takes [or crops] of the herbage and trees [or shrubs] with the side of his mouth: or such as is termed عَتُود [q. v.], when he rattles, and desires copulation: or a [young] goat above such as is weaned and below such as is termed جَذَع [q. v.]: or such as has pastured and become strong: or such as is termed جَذَع: or a young goat when he leaps the female: it is applied only to a male: the female is termed عَرِيضَةٌ: with the people of El-Hijáz it means peculiarly such as is gelded: it is also applied to a gazelle that has nearly become a ثَنِىّ [q. v.]: pl. عِرْضَانٌ and عُرْضَانٌ.
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