غِرَآءٌ
Root: غرو
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غِرَآءٌ
and
غَرًا [Glue;] a substance with which a thing is made to adhere, obtained from fish, or made from skins, and sometimes made from fish: or the substance with which one smears; and thus the former word is expl. by Sh: or a certain thing that is extracted from fish: [and mucilage, which by concretion becomes gum; the former word is used in this sense in the K voce صَمْغٌ. q. v.:] and it is said that the trees [app. that produce the mucilage termed
غِرَآء, otherwise [know not what can be meant thereby,] are [called] غَرًى [or
غَرًا ]; but AHn says that certain persons pronounce the word thus, but it is not the approved way.
def.2 رَجَلٌ غِرَآءٌ means A man who has not a beast [to carry him] (لَا دَابَّةَ لَهُ).
def.2 رَجَلٌ غِرَآءٌ means A man who has not a beast [to carry him] (لَا دَابَّةَ لَهُ).
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