ظِهْرِىٌّ
Root: ظهر
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ظِهْرِىٌّ
A camel prepared for future need; taken, by way of precaution, to bear the burden of any camel that may happen to fail in a journey: sometimes two or more unladen camels are taken for this purpose: some say that such a camel is thus called because its owner puts it behind his back, not riding it nor putting any burden upon it: the word appears to be an irreg. rel. n. from ظَهْرٌ: pl. ظَهَارِىٌّ, imperfectly decl., because the rel. ى retains its place in the sing. [inseparably; there being no such word as ظِهْر: but if it be a rel. n., this pl. is irreg., like مَهَارِىٌّ].
2 See ظَهْرٌ, first quarter, in five places, for examples of ظِهْرِىٌّ and ظِهْرِيَّةٌ used tropically.
2 See ظَهْرٌ, first quarter, in five places, for examples of ظِهْرِىٌّ and ظِهْرِيَّةٌ used tropically.
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