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شَخِيصٌ

Root: شخص

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شَخِيصٌ Big, bulky, or corpulent: or great in شَخْص [or person] and make: applied to a man: fem. with ة; applied to a woman.
2 A lord, master, chief, man of rank or quality, or a personage.
3 مَنْطِقٌ شَخِيصٌ Sour, crabbed, or austere, speech. (Ibn-'Abbád, A, K. [See also شَخِيسٌ.])
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