Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

مَأْرُوضٌ

Root: ارض

Full Definition

مَأْرُوضٌ Wood eaten by the أَرَضَة [or woodfretter, or termite, but generally meaning the former]; as also أَرْضٌ .

def.2 A person affected with خَبَل [q. v.] from the jinn, or genii, and [what are called] أَهْلُ الأَرْضِ, i. e. he who moves about his head and body involuntarily.
2 A person affected with زُكَام [or rheum]: accord. to Sgh, [who seems, like J, not to have known أُرِضَ,] from آرَضَهُ; whereas by rule, [if from آرِضَهُ,] it should be مُؤْرَضٌ.


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