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مَوَتَانٌ

Root: موت

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مَوَتَانٌ Inanimate things, or goods; dead stock; such as lands and houses [&c.]; contr. of حَيَوَانٌ [q. v.] It is made of this measure to agree in measure with its contr. حيوان: both these words deviate from the constant course of speech; being of a measure properly belonging to inf. ns. [See also مَوَاتٌ.]
2 إِشْتَرِ المَوَتَانَ وَلا تَشْتَرِ الحَيَوَانَ Buy lands and houses [or the like], and buy not slaves and beasts of carriage [&c.].
3 رَجُلٌ يَبِيعُ المَوَتَانَ A man who sells utensils or furniture or the like, and anything but what has life.
4 See also مَوْتٌ.
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