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غَنَمٌ

Root: غنم

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غَنَمٌ and مُغَنَّمَةٌ Sheep, or goats, collected together: or many or numerous: or, accord. to AZ, one of these two epithets, thus applied, [probably the latter, like مُؤَبَّلَةٌ applied to إِبِلٌ, as he seems to say,] signifies [app. divided into distinct flocks or herds,] each [flock or herd] having its own pastor.
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