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نَشْزٌ

Root: نشز

Full Definition

نَشْزٌ and نَشَزٌ A high, or an elevated, place; as also نَشَازٌ : or high, or elevated, ground: or high, or elevated, and hard, ground: or what rises from a valley to the [adjacent] ground, and is not rugged: pl. نُشُوزٌ, and نِشَازٌ, and أَنْشَازٌ. You say, قَعَدَ عَلَى نَشْزٍ مِنَ الأَرْضِ, and نَشَزٍ, [He sat upon a high piece of ground.] And أُقْعُدْ على ذٰلِكَ النَّشَازِ Sit thou upon that high place.
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