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نَاسِئٌ

Root: نسأ

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نَاسِئٌ , pl. نَسَأَةٌ and نَاسِئُونَ, One whose office it was to perform the act called نَسِىْء; i. e., the postponing of a month: he was also called قَلَمَّسٌ, pl. قَلَامِسُ.

def.2 نَاسِئٌ Anything fat: or beginning to grow fat: in the K it is said, كُلُّ نَاسِئٍ سَمِينٌ: in the L, كلّ سمين ناسئ, which is more proper.
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