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قايشهُ

Root: فيش

Form: 3

Full Definition

قايشهُIII , Verbal.Noun فِيَاشٌ and مُفَايَشَةٌ, He vied, or contended, with him in glorying, or boasting, or in glory, or excellence.
2 Also, Verbal.Noun مُفَايَشَةٌ, He threatened him much in fight, and then was pronounced a liar.
3 See also 1.
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