طَاؤُوسٌ
Root: طوس
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طَاؤُوسٌ
, of the measure فَاعُولٌ, the hemzeh being a substitute for و, [The peacock;] a certain bird, beautiful, and well known: dim. طُوَيْسٌ, formed after the rejection of the augmentative letters: pl. طَوَاوِيسُ and أَطْوَاسٌ, by the rejection of what is augmentative: the former pl. is the more known.
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