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غَيِدَ

Root: غيد

Form: 1

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غَيِدَI , Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun غَيَدٌ, He had a bending neck, and limber sides: or he had a lax, or limber, neck.
2 [And غَيِدَت is app. said of a young woman as meaning She was soft, or tender; or soft, or tender, and limber in the sides. (See غَيَدٌ below.)
3 And غَيِدَ He was, or became, drowsy; or drowsy and with a bending of the neck. (See, again, غَيَدٌ below.)]
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