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عَدُوسٌ

Root: عدس

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عَدُوسٌ , applied to a female, [and app. to a male also,] Bold, or daring; strong to journey. And عَدُوسُ السُّرَى Strong to journey by night; as a masc. epithet; and as a fem. epithet applied to the hyena: or عَدُوسُ اللَّيْلِ, as meaning strong to journey by night, is applied to a man and to a woman and to a camel.
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