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غَايَا

Root: غى

Form: 3

Full Definition

غَايَاIII [The people, or party, acted with the sword above the head of such a one] as though they shadowed him with it; [i. e., flourished it above his head;] from As; Verbal.Noun مُغَايَاةٌ.
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