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عَطُوسٌ

Root: عطس

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عَطُوسٌ is [said to be] applied to a man as meaning Bold in wars and rigours, [and to be] thus correctly, as written by Az and others, but in the O and K with غ. (TA in art. غطس.)
2 And one says, أَصَابَتْهُ اللُّجَمُ العَطُوسُ, and , and اللُّجُمُ, [accord. to the A, app. meaning A portentous event bringing ill luck befell him: or] meaning death [befell him]: اللُّجَمُ being here made sing.; and so اللُّجُمُ.
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