المُقْتَاض
Root: قيض
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المُقْتَاض
in the following verse of Abu-shShees,
[I have been given in exchange, for the mantle of youth, an old worn-out covering; and very evil is the recompense of the receiver in exchange] is from قَيْضٌ as signifying the “ bartering, ” or “ exchanging commodities, ” [or rather the “ giving in exchange: ” see 3.]بُدِّلْتُ مِنْ بُرْدِ الشَّبَابِ مُلَآءَةً خَلَقًا وَبِئْسَ مَثُوبَةُ المُقْتَاضِ
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