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أَوْقَصُ

Root: وقص

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أَوْقَصُ A man short in the neck; naturally so: or having the neck inclining and short: fem. وَقْصَآءُ.

def.2 خُدْ أَوْقَصَ الطَّرِيقَيْنِ Take thou the nearer of the two ways: or shorter thereof.
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