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غَضْيَا

Root: غضو

Full Definition

غَضْيَا : see غَضْيَآءُ.
2 Also, determinate, and imperfectly decl., like [its syn.] هُنَيْدَةُ, A hundred camels: held by ISk to be so called as being likened to a place producing [an abundance of] غَضًا [i. e. the trees thus called]: AA has mentioned it with the article ال, saying that الغَضْيَا signifies a hundred.
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