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غَارِزٌ

Root: غرز

Full Definition

غَارِزٌ A locust that has stuck her tail into the ground to lay her eggs; as also غَارِزَةٌ, and .
2 [Hence the saying, مَا طَلَعَ السِّمَاكُ قَطُّ إِلَّا غَارِزًا ذَنَبَهُ فِى بَرْدٍ [ Es-Simák has never risen aurorally unless in conjunction with cold]; meaning السِّمَاكُ الأَعْزَلُ, a well-known star in the sign of Libra, [a mistake for Virgo, for it is Spica Virginis, the Fourteenth Mansion of the Moon,] which rises with the dawn on the 5th of Tishreen el-Owwal, [or October O. S., nearly agreeing with my calculation, accord. to which it rose aurorally in Central Arabia, about the commencement of the era of the Flight, on the 4th of October O. S.,] when the cold commences.
3 [Hence also the saying,] هُوَ غَارِزٌ رَأْسَهُ فِى سِنَتِهِ He is ignorant, and departs from the care of himself which is incumbent on him and pertaining to him.

def.2 Also غَارِزٌ A she-camel, [and a ewe or a she-goat,] and an udder, having little milk: or a she-camel that has drawn up her milk from her udder: pl. غُرَّزٌ [and غَوَارِزُ, for] you say also غَنَمٌ غَوَارِزُ.
2 [Hence,] عُيُونٌ غَوَارِزُ Eyes that shed no tears.
3 [Hence also,] غَارِزٌ applied to a man, [Parum seminis habens; and hence,] that seldom indulges in نِكَاح: pl. غُرَّزٌ.
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