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جَذَّآءُ

Root: جذ

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جَذَّآءُ [fem. of أَجَذُّ] An amputated arm or hand: used figuratively: see أَحَذُّ, in art. حذ.
2 رَحِمٌ جَذَّآءُ A bond of relationship [cut, or severed, or] not made close by affection; expl. by إِذَا لَمْ تُوصَلْ [a well-known phrase: erroneously explained by Golius as meaning “ uterus infœcundus vel interruptæ conceptionis ” ]: as also حَذَّآءُ.
3 يَمِينٌ جَذَّآءُ: see حَذَّآءُ.
4 سِنٌّ جَذَّآءُ A tooth much broken; or broken in pieces.
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