ضِيفٌ
Root: ضيف
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ضِيفٌ
The side of a valley and of a mountain [&c.: see 6]: and, as metaphorically used by an anonymous poet, of the ذَكَر: and
مَضَايِفُ signifies the sides of a valley.
2 And one says, فُلَانٌ فِى ضِيفِ فُلَانٍ, meaning Such a one is in the vicinage, or quarter, of such a one.
2 And one says, فُلَانٌ فِى ضِيفِ فُلَانٍ, meaning Such a one is in the vicinage, or quarter, of such a one.
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