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فَقِىْءٌ

Root: فقأ

Full Definition

فَقِىْءٌ A he-camel affected with a disease termed حَقْوَة [q. v.], in consequence of which he voids not his urine nor his dung; and sometimes, or often, his veins and his flesh become choked with blood, and swollen; and if slaughtered and cooked, the cooking-pot becomes full of blood; and sometimes, or often, his stomach becomes so much inflated, or swollen, that it rends, or bursts: and it is likewise applied to a she-camel: and فَقْأَى signifies the same applied to a she-camel.
2 Also (i. e. فَقِىْءٌ) The disease above- mentioned, itself.

def.2 See also فَقْءٌ, latter sentence.
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