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قَرِيحٌ

Root: قرح

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قَرِيحٌ Wounded; as also ; and قَرْحٌ [an Verbal.Noun used as an epithet and therefore by rule applicable to a pl. as well as to a sing.]: pl. of the first قَرْحَى and قَرَاحَى. El-Mutanakhkhil El-Hudhalee says, لَا يُسْلِمُونَ قَرِيحًا حلَّ وَسْطَهُمَا يَوْمَ اللِّقَآءِ وَلَا يُشْوونَ مَنْ قَرَحُوا i. e. They will not deliver up to the enemy a wounded man who has alighted in the midst of them, on the day of encounter, nor will they hit in a part not vital him whom they wound.
2 See also مَقْرُوحٌ, in two places.

def.2 And see قَرَاحٌ, first sentence; and end of last sentence.
2 Also A cloud when it first rises.
3 And The water of a cloud when it descends.
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