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صَدُوفٌ

Root: صدف

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صَدُوفٌ A woman who turns away her face from her husband: or a woman who turns her face towards one and then turns away: or a woman who desires not kisses: or having a stinking mouth, as an epithet applied to a female, or to a male: applied in this last sense to a man because he turns away his face whenever any one speaks to him.
2 And A she-camel that will not come to the watering-trough until it is left to her unoccupied: like صَرُومٌ. (TA in art. صرم. [See also what next follows.])
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