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إِجْرِيَّا

Root: جرى

Full Definition

إِجْرِيَّا The act of running: (S, and so in some copies of the K: [in this sense, erroneously said in the TA to be بتخفيف:]) or إِجْرِىٌّ .
2 Also, and إِجْرِيَّآءُ , A custom, or habit, or manner, that one adopts and follows; [like هِجْرِيَّا &c.;] and so without teshdeed: and nature, constitution, or natural disposition; [in the CK, الخَلْقُ is erroneously put for الخُلُقُ;] as also جِرِيَّآءُ and إِجْرِيَّةٌ . One says, الكَرَمُ مِنْ إِجرِيَّاهُ and من Generosity is [a quality] of his nature, &c.


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