عُرْيَانٌ

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عُرْيَانٌ and عَارٍ Naked, nude, bare, or without clothing; applied to a man: fem. عُرْيَانَةٌ and , applied to a woman: the pl. of عُرْيَانٌ is عُرْيَانُونَ; and the pl. of عَارٍ is عُرَاةٌ, and that of عَارِيَةٌ is عَارِيَاتٌ. [Also, sometimes, Bare of clothing, or of his clothes, except one, or more, of his inner garments.] See also عُرْىٌ.
2 عُرْيَانٌ applied to sand, An extended and gibbous tract (نَقًا), or such as is accumulated and congested (عَقِدٌ, in the CK عَقْدٌ), of sand, having no trees upon it.
3 Applied to a plant, or to herbage, Such as has become apparent.
4 عُرْيَانُ النَّجِىِّ is an appellation applied to A wife: but in the A it is implied that it is used as denoting anyone who will not conceal a secret.
5 عُرْيَانٌ applied to a horse signifies Light, or active, and quick; tall; and long in the legs. (K, TA. [Expl. in the K and TA by the words مُقَلّص طَوِيل ; to which is added in the TA القَوَائِم: the first of these words I find written, in copies of the K, only مُقَلَّص; but it is correctly مُقَلِّص.])

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