مَعَضٌّ

Root: عض

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مَعَضٌّ [lit. A place in which to bite.
2 And hence,] i. q. مُسْتَمْسَكٌ [A place in which, or on which, to lay hold: and a thing on which to lay hold]. So in the saying مَا لَنَا فِى الأَرْضِ مَعَضٌّ [There is not for us, in the earth, any place in which, or on which, to lay hold; meaning, in which to settle]. And in the saying مَا لَنَا فِى هٰذَا الأَمْرِ مَعَضٌّ [There is not for us, in this affair, anything on which to lay hold].

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