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عَاشِرَةٌ

Root: عشر

Full Definition

عَاشِرَةٌ The circular sign which marks a division of an 'ashr (عَشْر) in a copy of the Kur-án: a post-classical term: pl. عَوَاشِرُ.
2 And عَوَاشِرُ القُرْآنِ means The verses that complete an عَشْر of the Kur-án.
3 And إِبِلٌ عَوَاشِرُ Camels coming to water after an interval of eight days; on the tenth day [counting the day of the next preceding watering as the first]: or on the ninth day [not counting the day of the next preceding watering: see عِشْرٌ].

def.2 For another signification of the pl., عَوَاشِرُ, see عِشْرُ, last sentence.

def.3 عَاشِرَةُ is a proper name of The ضَبُع [i. e. hyena, or female hyena]; a determinate noun: [but it has for] pl. عَاشِرَاتٌ.
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