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قَائِتٌ

Root: قوت

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قَائِتٌ [act. part. n. of قَاتَ; Feeding, &c.
2 And hence, Sufficing]. القَائِتُ مِنَ العَيْشِ means What is sufficient [of the means of subsistence]. And one says, هُوَ فِى قَائِتٍ مِنَ العَيْشِ He is in a state of sufficiency [in respect of the means of subsistence].
3 See also قُوتٌ, in two places.

def.2 See also 8, former half.
2 القَائِتُ is an appellation of The lion.
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