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كَسِيدٌ

Root: كسد

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كَسِيدٌ : see كَاسِدٌ.
2 Also, of inferior condition; ignoble: syn. دُونٌ. So in the saying of the poet, Mo'áwiyeh Ibn-Málik, surnamed Mo'owwidh-el-Hukamà, إِذْ كُلُّ حَىٍّ نَابِتٌ بِأَرُومَةٍ نَبْتَ العِضَاهِ فَمَاجِدٌ وَكَسِيدٌ meaning, Since every living man grows from a root, like the growth of the 'idáh, there is he who is noble, and he who is ignoble.
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