نَسْءٌ
Root: نسأ
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نَسْءٌ
and
نُسْءٌ and
نِسْءٌ A woman who is supposed to be pregnant; as also
and
: or in whom pregnancy has appeared: or, نَسْءٌ and
, as also
نَسِىْءٌ , accord. to J and IM, but this is rejected by F, a woman whose menstrual discharge is later than its usual time, and who is therefore hoped to be pregnant: pl. [of نسء] أَنْسَآءٌ and نُسُوْءٌ: and نِسْوَةٌ نِسَآءٌ is also said; and sometimes the sing. (نَسْءٌ), being originally an Verbal.Noun, is used as a pl.
def.2 نَسْءٌ and نَسِىْءٌ Thin, watery, milk: or milk mixed with water. [See 1.]
2 Also, both words, or the former only; but is quoted in this sense, from IAar, who is said to have pronounced it thus, erroneously, for نَسِىْءٌ; Wine;
def.3 نَسْءٌ Fatness: or its commencement; its completeness, (consequent upon eating dry food, being called إِقْتِرَارٌ.
2 جَرَى النَّسْءُ فى الدَّوَابِّ, or مَارَ, [Fatness, or its commencement, ran through the beasts of carriage].
def.2 نَسْءٌ and نَسِىْءٌ Thin, watery, milk: or milk mixed with water. [See 1.]
2 Also, both words, or the former only; but is quoted in this sense, from IAar, who is said to have pronounced it thus, erroneously, for نَسِىْءٌ; Wine;
def.3 نَسْءٌ Fatness: or its commencement; its completeness, (consequent upon eating dry food, being called إِقْتِرَارٌ.
2 جَرَى النَّسْءُ فى الدَّوَابِّ, or مَارَ, [Fatness, or its commencement, ran through the beasts of carriage].
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