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عَقْوَةٌ

Root: عقو

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عَقْوَةٌ and The environs of a house: and the سَاحَة [i. e. court, or open area,] of a house: and the former, the environs of a مَحَلَّة [or place of alighting, or of descending and stopping, &c.]: (ISd, K, TA: [والمَحَلَّةُ in the CK should be والمَحَلَّةِ:]) as also : the pl. (of عَقْوَةٌ TA) is عِقَآءٌ, and the pl. [or rather coll. gen. n.] of عَقَاهٌ is عَقًا , like as حَصًى is of حَصَاةٌ. One says, مَا يَطُورُ بِعَقْوَتِهِ أَحَدٌ [No one approaches the environs of his house]. And اِذْهَبْ فَلَا أَرَيَنَّكَ بِعَقْوَتِى [Depart thou, and I will assuredly not see thee in the environs of my house].
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