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شَرِيرٌ

Root: شر

Full Definition

شَرِيرٌ : see شَرٌّ, in three places.

def.2 Also The side of the sea, or of a great river; the shore thereof: or the part that is near to a sea or great river: pl. أَشِرَّةٌ: which signifies also seas or great rivers [themselves].
2 And A kind of tree that grows in the sea, or in a great river.
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