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دَارِئٌ

Root: درأ

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دَارِئٌ Coming from a place, or from a distant place, unexpectedly: an enemy showing open hostility, or coming forth into the field to encounter another in battle: and a stranger: pl. دُرَأٓءُ and دُرَّآءٌ. People say, نَحْنُ فُقَرَآءُ دُرَأٓءُ [We are poor men, come from a distant place, or strangers].

def.2 See also 1, last sentence.
2 [Hence,] metaphorically used by Ru-beh as meaning Swollen with anger.
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