مَدِيصٌ
Root: ديص
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مَدِيصٌ
[app. A place where a person, or thing, declines; or turns aside, or from the right course or direction: a meaning which seems to be indicated in the S and TA]. A rájiz says,
[Verily the courser has seen its glistening; and wheresoever it turns aside, he turns aside at its place of turning aside].إِنَّ الجَوَادَ قَدْ رَأَى وَبِيصَهَا فَأَيْنَمَا دَاصَتْ يَدِصْ مَدِيصَهَا
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