عَظَآءَةٌ
Root: عظو
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عَظَآءَةٌ
, which is of the dial. of the people of El-'Áliyeh, and عَظَايَةٌ, which is of the dial. of Temeem, [in the CK عِظايَة,] A certain reptile, or small creeping thing, larger than the
وَزَغَة, like the [lizard called] سَامّ أَبْرَص in form, or make, but somewhat larger: or a
غنده [or غُنْدَهْ, a Pers. word said to signify a species of spider]: [or] a species of lizard; a certain reptile, or creeping thing, (دَابَّة,) larger than the
وزغة; a species of large lizard: [see also عَضْرَفُوطٌ:] pl.
عَظَآءٌ , (S, Msb, K, TA, in the CK عِظاءٌ,]) i. e. pl. of عَظَآءَةٌ, [or rather عَظَآءٌ is a coll. gen. n. of which عَظَآءَةٌ is the n. un.,] and عَظَايَا, and also عَظَايَاتٌ, which last is pl. of عَظَايَةٌ. A woman of the desert, whom her lord (مَوْلَاهَا) had beaten, said, رَمَاكَ
ٱللّٰهُ بِدَآءٍ لَا دَوَآءَ لَهُ إِلَّا أَبْوَالُ العَظَآءِ [May God smite thee with a disease for which there is no remedy but the urine of the
عظاء], which is a thing hard to be found.
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