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زِنْيَةٌ

Root: زنى

Full Definition

زِنْيَةٌ [accord. to analogy signifies A mode, or manner, of fornication or adultery]. See the next preceding paragraph, in five places.

def.2 Also The last of a man's children; like as فِجْرَةٌ signifies the “ last of a woman's children. ”
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