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جَاشِرِيَّةٌ

Root: جشر

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جَاشِرِيَّةٌ A drink that is taken at daybreak: you say, اِصْطَبَحْنَا الجَاشِرِيَّةَ We drank the morning-draught that is taken at daybreak: and it has no verb: or it is only of camels' milk: or it is correctly of general application: or is properly of wine; for this is what is most frequently mentioned: and it is also used as an epithet: thus you say شَرْبَةٌ جَاشِرِيَّةٌ
2 A certain kind of food: or a kind of food eaten at daybreak.
3 The [last part of the night, called the] سَحَر: because near to daybreak.
4 Midday: because of the appearance and spreading of its light.
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