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حُرِّيَّةٌ

Root: حر

Full Definition

حُرِّيَّةٌ The state, or condition, of freedom; contr. of slavery; as also and حَرُورِيَّةٌ , of which two the latter is the chaste form, or it is more chaste than the former, which is the regular form, and حَرَارٌ , not حِرَارٌ, and حُرُورَةٌ (K, TA [in the CK حَرُورَةٌ]) and حَرَارَةٌ .
2 Free persons, collectively. [See حُرٌّ.]
3 The eminent, elevated, or noble persons of the Arabs, and of the foreigners. You say, هُوَ مِنْ حُرِّيَّةِ قَوْمِهِ He is of the noble ones of his people: or of the choicest, best, or most excellent, of his people.
4 Sandy, soft earth, good, and fit to produce plants or herbage.
5 حُرِّيَّةُ البُقُولِ: see حُرٌّ.


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