ذَرَّوَ
Root: ذرو
Form: 2
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ذَرَّوَII
see 1, in five places.
2 [Hence,] ذَرَّى رَأْسَهُ, Verbal.Noun تَذْرِيَةٌ, He combed his head [so as to remove the scurf &c.], like as one winnows a thing: but دَرَّى [with the unpointed د] is of higher authority.
def.2 ذَرَّيْتُهُ, namely, a sheep, Verbal.Noun as above, I shore, or sheared, his wool, leaving somewhat thereof upon his back in order that he might be known thereby: and in like manner one says in relation to a camel. [See مُذَرًّى.]
2 [Hence, app, or from ذِرَوْةٌ, as is indicated in what follows,]
2 [Hence,] ذَرَّى رَأْسَهُ, Verbal.Noun تَذْرِيَةٌ, He combed his head [so as to remove the scurf &c.], like as one winnows a thing: but دَرَّى [with the unpointed د] is of higher authority.
def.2 ذَرَّيْتُهُ, namely, a sheep, Verbal.Noun as above, I shore, or sheared, his wool, leaving somewhat thereof upon his back in order that he might be known thereby: and in like manner one says in relation to a camel. [See مُذَرًّى.]
2 [Hence, app, or from ذِرَوْةٌ, as is indicated in what follows,]
عَيْدًا أُذَرِّى حَسَبِى أَنْ يُشْتَمَا
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