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صَدِئٌ

Root: صدأ

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صَدِئٌ [part. n. of صَدِئَ, q. v.].
2 One says, يَدِى مِنَ الحَدِيدِ صَدِئَةٌ My hand is disagreeable in smell [from the rust of iron].
3 And هُوَ صَاغِرٌ صَدِئٌ He is one to whom disgrace, or shame, and baseness, or meanness, attach.
4 See also أَصْدَأُ.
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