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رَدِىْءٌ

Root: ردأ

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رَدِىْءٌ , applied to a thing, and to a man, Bad, corrupt, vitious, depraved, or the like; of no rank, or estimation; low, ignoble, vile, or mean; disapproved, disliked, hated, or abominable: and weak, and impotent, so as to be in want or need: and accord to the Msb, one says also رَدِىٌّ; [there said to be a dial. var.;] but this is asserted by IDrst, in the Expos. of the Fs, to be erroneous, and peculiar to the vulgar: pl. أَرْدِئَآءُ, with two hemzehs, applied to a people, or company of men.
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