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عَيَايَآءُ

Root: عى

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عَيَايَآءُ : see عَىٌّ.
2 Also, and عَيَآءٌ , A camel, a stallion [camel], that finds not the right way, or manner, to cover or that has never covered, or impregnated: or that does not cover well: [see also عَيِىٌّ:] and in like manner applied to a man: or, accord. to Az, both signify the coarse, or rude, or the heavy, dull, or stupid, and impotent, who has no need of women: (TA voce عَبًا, in art. عبى:) pl. أَعْيَآءٌ, formed by considering the augmentative letters as rejected, if pl. of عَيَايَآءُ; but not if pl. of عَيَآءٌ, as it appears to be from what is said in the M.
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