مَصِيرٌ
Root: مصر
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مَصِيرٌ
A gut, an intestine, or a bowel, into which the food passes from the stomach; syn. مِعًى: or specially, as some say, of a bird, and of an animal which has a soft foot, or خُفّ, [as the camel,] and of such as have a cloven hoof: pl. [of pauc.] أَمْصِرَةٌ and [of mult.] مُصْرَانٌ, and pl. pl. مَصَارِينُ: the last accord. to Sb; but some say that it is not established; and Lth says, that it is a mistake; but Az says, that it is pl. of مُصْرَانٌ, and that the Arabs have given it this form of pl. imagining the م to be a radical letter; and some say, that مَصِيرٌ is of the measure مَفْعِلٌ, [originally مَصْيِرٌ,] derived from صَار إِلَيْهِ الطَّعَامُ [“ the food passed to it ”], and they say مُصْرَانٌ in like manner as they say مُسْلَانٌ as pl. of مَسِيلُ المَآءِ, likening مَفْعِلٌ to فَعِيلٌ: مِصْرَانٌ also is a dial. form of مُصْرَانٌ. [See also مَصَارّ, in art. صر.]
2 مُصْرَانُ الفَارَةِ, or مُصْرَانُ الفَأْرِ,
2 مُصْرَانُ الفَارَةِ, or مُصْرَانُ الفَأْرِ,
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