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قَىْءٌ

Root: قيا

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قَىْءٌ originally an Verbal.Noun: then applied to signify Vomit; i. e. vomited food. It is said in a trad., الرَّاجِعُ فِى هِبَتِهِ كَالرَّاجِعِ فِى قَيْئِهِ [He who takes back his gift is like him who swallows back his vomit].
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