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نَآءَ

Root: نيأ

Form: 1

Full Definition

نَآءَI , Present.T يَنِىْءُ, (so in the S, Nh, L, Msb; but in some copies of the K, يناءُ, [which appears to be put by mistake for the Verbal.Noun in the acc. case];) Verbal.Noun نَىْءٌ, and نَىٌّ, without ء, and نَوْءٌ, It was not, or did not become, sufficiently cooked; it was insufficiently cooked: (like نَهِئَ:) or it was untouched by fire;
2 It was not firmly, not soundly, not thoroughly, done. [See 4.]
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