Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

قُعْدِىٌّ

Root: قعد

Full Definition

قُعْدِىٌّ and قِعْدِىٌّ, and both with ة, and ضُجْعِىٌّ and ضِجْعِىٌّ, and قُعَدَةٌ ضُجَعَةٌ, A man who sits much and lies much upon his side: or the last, an impotent man, who does not earn that whereby he may subsist; [and the first two] A man impotent; or lacking power, or ability; as though preferring sitting: or loving to sit in his house.


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