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جَزُوزٌ

Root: جز

Full Definition

جَزُوزٌ What is cut, or shorn; a masc. n.; and, as also جَزُوزَةٌ , fem.: or the latter signifies sheep of which the wool is shorn; and is similar to رَكُوَبةٌ, and حَلُوبَةٌ and عَلُوفَةٌ: Th says that a subst. of this class is only with ة, like the three words just mentioned: Lh says that it may be with ة and without ة; and that the pl. in both cases is of the measures فُعُلٌ and فَعَائِلُ: [in this instance, جُزُزٌ and جَزَائِزُ:] but ISd says, I hold that فُعُلٌ is the measure of the pl. of a subst. of this class without ة, such as رَكُوبٌ, of which the pl. is رُكُبٌ; and فَعَائِلُ, of that which is with رَكَائِبُ, such as رَكُوبَةٌ, of which the pl. is رَكَائِبُ.
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