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طَغْيَةٌ

Root: طغو

Full Definition

طَغْيَةٌ The top, or upper part, of a mountain: and any high, or elevated, place; as also طَغْوَةٌ .
2 And A small quantity (نُبْذَةٌ) of anything: so says AZ. (S. [In this sense, and in the two senses following, erroneously written in the CK طَغِيَّة.])
3 And A smooth stone or rock.
4 And, accord. to the copies of the K, الطَّغْيَةُ signifies المُسْتَصْعَبُ مِنَ الجَبَلِ [as though meaning What is deemed, or found, difficult, of the mountain]: but [SM says, though I think this doubtful,] it is correctly مِنَ الخَيْلِ [meaning what is refractory, or untractable, of horses], as in the M.
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