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عِجَافٌ

Root: عجف

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عِجَافٌ pl. of أَعْجَفُ [q. v.], and of its syn. عَجِفٌ.

def.2 Also The colocynth: or the grains of the colocynth.
2 And حَبٌّ عِجَافٌ Grain, or grains, not increasing.
3 See also عُجَافٌ.

def.3 And العِجَافُ is one of the names of Time, or fortune.
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