خَرِيدَةٌ
Root: خرد
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خَرِيدَةٌ
A virgin: and a bashful, or modest, woman: and sometimes they said
جَارِيَةٌ خَرُودٌ , meaning a girl bashful and grave or staid or sedate; or very bashful: or خرِيدَةٌ and
خَرِيدٌ and
خَرُودٌ signify an untouched virgin: or a female bashful, and grave or staid or sedate, or very bashful, long silent, low in voice, who conceals herself from public view, and does not remain long in her parents' house, or tent, unmarried, after having attained the usual proper age for marriage: pl. خَرَائِدُ and خُرَّدٌ and خُرُدٌ; the second of which is contr. to rule.
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