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مُقَصِّرٌ

Root: قصر

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مُقَصِّرٌ act. part. n. of 2, q. v. and see قَصَّارٌ.
2 [Deficient in liberality or bounty:] one who makes a gift scanty, or mean. A poet says فَقُلْتُ لَهُ قَدْ كُنْتَ فِيهَا مُقَصِّرًا [And I said to him Thou hast been deficient in liberality with respect to them; app. meaning she-camels or the like;] i. e., thou hast not given of them nor given to drink from them [of their milk].
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