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عَهِيدٌ

Root: عهد

Full Definition

عَهِيدٌ One who makes, and with whom is made, a compact, a contract, a covenant, an agreement, a confederacy, a league, a treaty, or an engagement; [a confederate;] i. q. مُعَاهِدٌ [and ].

def.2 Also Old, or ancient. قَرْيَةٌ عَهِيدَةٌ means An old, or ancient, town or village.
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