مَعِدَةٌ
Root: معد
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مَعِدَةٌ
and مِعْدَةٌ and مَعْدَةٌ and مِعِدَةٌ; the first of which is the original form; the second and third being contractions; and the fourth, as well as the others, mentioned by Expositors of the Fs.; The stomach of a human being; the place in which is the food before it descends into the lower intesstines, or guts; in a man, what the
كَرِش
is in every ruminating animal; or in animals that have cloven hoofs, and such as have feet like those of the camel: accord. to ISd, from مَعْدٌ, applied to a thing, signifying “ strong, and big, bulky, gross, or coarse: ” pl. مَعِدٌ [or rather this is a coll. gen. n., of which مَعِدَةٌ is the n. un.,] and مِعَدٌ: the latter as though formed from مِعْدَةٌ.
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