ضَهْيَآءُ
Root: ضهى
Full Definition
ضَهْيَآءُ
A woman that does not menstruate: pl. ضُهْىٌ; which necessarily implies that the former is [as above, i. e.] with the long ا: but AA mentions
ضَهْيَاةٌ and
, with ة and with ه, as having this meaning; which necessarily implies that ضهيا is with the short ا [i. e., accord. to a general rule, ضَهْيًا , with tenween, like ضَهْيَأٌ, q. v. in art. ضهيأ, though this should be regarded as a masc. epithet]: or ضَهْيَآءُ, and also with the short ا [app.
ضَهْيًا , as above, not ضَهْيَا, or, as I rather incline to think, ضَهْيَأٌ (which is mentioned in art. ضهيأ) may be here meant], signify a woman that does not menstruate nor become pregnant; so that she is as though she resembled a man: or that menstruates but does not become pregnant: or that does not bring forth, though she menstruate: or whose breasts do not grow forth; and when this is the case, she does not menstruate: or the former signifies that does not menstruate, being pregnant.
2 And
def.2 Also, and with the short ا [i. e. ضَهْيًا or ضَهْيَأٌ], A species of tree of the kind called عِضَاه, having a بَرَمَة [q. v.] and a pod (عُلَّفَة) [which succeeds the بَرَمَة], and many thorns. (TA. [For further descriptions thereof, see ضَهْيَأٌ, in art. ضهيأ.])
2 And
def.2 Also, and with the short ا [i. e. ضَهْيًا or ضَهْيَأٌ], A species of tree of the kind called عِضَاه, having a بَرَمَة [q. v.] and a pod (عُلَّفَة) [which succeeds the بَرَمَة], and many thorns. (TA. [For further descriptions thereof, see ضَهْيَأٌ, in art. ضهيأ.])
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