مَائِرَاتٌ
Root: مور
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مَائِرَاتٌ
Bloods [flowing, and running hither and thither]. So in the following verse (of Rusheyd Ibn-Rumeyd El-'Anazee, TA; not of El-Aashà [as it is said to be in the S in art. عوض;] Sgh, in TA, art. عوض:)
[or السُّعَيْرِ, i. e., I swore, or I swear, by bloods flowing and running hither and thither, around 'Owd, and stones set up to be worshipped, left by Es-Sa'eer or Es-So'eyr]. 'Owd and Es-Sa'eer [or Es-So'eyr] were two idols. [See also another verse, cited in art. عز.]حَلَفْتُ بِمَائِرَاتٍ حَوْلَ عَوْضٍ وَأَنْصَابٍ تُرِكْنَ لَدَى السَّعِيرِ
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