عَرِينٌ
Root: عرن
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عَرِينٌ
A collection of trees, tangled, or luxuriant, or abundant and dense; a thicket, wood, or forest: this is the primary signification; whether there be in it a lion or not. And [particularly] A collection of thorn-trees, and of such as are called
عِضَاه; whether there be a lion therein or not.
2 And [hence], as also عَرِينَةٌ , The covert, or place of resort, of the lion, and of the hyena, as also عِرَانٌ , and of the wolf, and of the serpent: and the former signifies also the burrow of the [lizard called] ضَبّ: pl. عُرُنٌ.
3 And عَرِينٌ signifies also
4 And
def.2 Also Such as is dry and broken of the [trees called] عِضَاه.
def.3 And Flesh: so it is said to signify.
2 And The prey of the lion, or the like.
def.4 And The cry of the [dove called] فَاخِتَة: so in the T in art. عزهل.
2 And [hence], as also عَرِينَةٌ , The covert, or place of resort, of the lion, and of the hyena, as also عِرَانٌ , and of the wolf, and of the serpent: and the former signifies also the burrow of the [lizard called] ضَبّ: pl. عُرُنٌ.
3 And عَرِينٌ signifies also
4 And
def.2 Also Such as is dry and broken of the [trees called] عِضَاه.
def.3 And Flesh: so it is said to signify.
2 And The prey of the lion, or the like.
def.4 And The cry of the [dove called] فَاخِتَة: so in the T in art. عزهل.
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