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نِسْعَةٌ

Root: نسع

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نِسْعَةٌ A kind of broad plaited fore-girth for a camel: pl. نِسْعٌ and نِسَعٌ and أَنْسَاعٌ: or نِسَعٌ and نُسْعٌ and نُسُوعٌ and أَنْسَاعٌ are pls. of نِسْعٌ, [a coll. gen. n.,] of which نِسْعَةٌ is the n. un. See عَظْمُ الرَّحْلِ, in art. عظم.
2 أَنْسَاعُ الطَّرِيقِ The furrows of the road, made by the beasts with their legs [or feet] in its surface. (TA, voce شَرَكٌ.)
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