Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

مِسْيَاعٌ

Root: سيع

Full Definition

مِسْيَاعٌ A she-camel that goes away in the place of pasturing: mentioned by J in art. سوع, q. v.: or that bears, or suffers, neglect, or being left alone, (اَلَّتِى تَحْمِلُ الضَّيْعَةَ, [for the last of which words we find in some copies of the K الضَّيْعَةَ, but it is said in the TA that the former is the right reading, as is shown by its being added,]) and bad superintendence or management; thus expl. by As: or upon which one journeys and returns; thus expl. by Sgh, but this is the explanation of مِرْبَاعٌ, with which it is coupled.


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