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عَجْرَفِيَّةٌ

Root: عجرف

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عَجْرَفِيَّةٌ and عَجْرَفَةٌ and , said of a camel, He is as though there were in him roughness, ungentleness, or awkwardness, and want of due care by reason of his speed: or عَجْرَفِيَّةٌ is a camel's taking to the going with roughness, ungentleness, or awkwardness, when fatigued: or a camel's going obliquely, by reason of briskness, liveliness, or sprightliness. And عَجْرَفِيَّةٌ is also in a man. (AZ, S, O, and K, voce عُرْضِيَّةٌ.) [See also عَجْرَفَةٌ.] عَجْرَفِيَّةُ ضَبَّةَ is thought by ISd to mean [The tribe of] Dabbeh's guttural speech (تَقَعُّرُهُمْ فِى الكَلَامِ).
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