Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

عَشًا

Root: عشو

Full Definition

عَشًا Verbal.Noun of عَشِىَ: [used as a simple subst., Weakness of sight: or sightlessness by night with ability to see by day: or] badness of sight by night and by day; as also عَشَاوَةٌ : it is in human beings, and beasts of the equine kind (دَوَابّ), and camels, and birds; as is said in the M: or it is darkness that happens to the eye: or blindness; i. e. absolute destitution of sight.


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