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ذُكْرَةٌ

Root: ذكر

Full Definition

ذُكْرَةٌ : see ذِكْرٌ, in two places:

def.2 and ذَكَرٌ, in two places.

def.3 Also A piece of steel that is added [to the edge of a sword and] to the head of an axe &c.
2 And Sharpness of a sword: [see also ذُكْرٌ:] and of a man. You say, ذَهَبَتْ ذُكْرَةُ السَّيْفِ, and ذُكْرَةُ الرَّجُلِ, The sharpness of the sword, and the sharpness of the man, went.
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