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عَيِّنٌ

Root: عين

Full Definition

عَيِّنٌ A man quick to weep.
2 And سِقَآءٌ عَيِّنٌ, and عَيَّنٌ , the latter less common, and said to be the only instance of an epithet of the measure فَيْعَلٌ with an infirm [medial] radical, or it may be of the measure فَوْعَلٌ or فَوْعَلٌ, and in either of these two cases not without a parallel, and مُتَعَيِّنٌ , A skin, for water, or for milk, having thin circles, or rings, or round places, [likened to eyes,] rendering it faulty: or of which the water runs forth: or new; or thus عَيِّنٌ and عَيَّنٌ , in the dial. of Teiyi; and so قِرْبَةٌ عَيِّنٌ in that dial.: the pl. of عيّن applied to a skin is عَيَائِنُ, with hemzeh because the place thereof is near to the end.
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