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غَيْضٌ

Root: غيض

Full Definition

غَيْضٌ An abortive fœtus, not completely formed; i. e. less than seven months old.

def.2 Little; or a small quantity: as in the saying, or in أَعْطَاهُ غَيْضًا مِنْ فَيْضٍ He gave him little from much.

def.3 An abundance of the trees called أَعْلَاث; i. e. طَرْفَآء and أَثْل and حَاج and عِكْرِش and يَنْبُوت. [See also غَيْضَةٌ.]
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