مَوَاتٌ

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مَوَاتٌ That wherein is no spirit or life; an inanimate thing. [See also مَوَتَانٌ.]
2 مَوَاتٌ (you say أَرْضٌ مَوَاتٌ, TA,) Land that has no owner of mankind, and of which no use is made, or from which no advantage is derived, and in which is no water: such as is also called أَرْضٌ : land that has not been sown, nor cultivated, nor occupied by any man's camels &c.: مَوَتَانٌ signifies the same as مُوَاتٌ (مَوَاتٌ?), namely, land that is no man's property; and is also written مَوْتَانٌ: or مَوَتَانٌ signifies land that has not yet been brought into a state of cultivation: in a trad. it is said, that such land is the property of God and his Apostle; and whosoever brings into a state of cultivation such land, to him it belongs.

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