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فَارِزٌ

Root: فرز

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فَارِزٌ A tongue distinct [in utterance]: and discriminating language.

def.2 Also A species of ant, round and black, found in dates: so says Ibráheem El-Harbee: (O and TA in art. عقف:) or the progenitor (جَدّ) of the black ants: that of the red is termed عُقْفَان: but it has been before said by the author of the K, in art. فزر, that فَازِرٌ signifies “ black ants in which is a redness: ” and it may be a mistranscription.
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