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نَشْءٌ

Root: نشأ

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نَشْءٌ and نَشِىْءٌ Risen clouds: or the first that rises of them: or their first appearance: (ex. لِهٰذَا السَّحَابِ نَشْءٌ حَسَنٌ These clouds have a good first appearance:) or clouds when they appear like a piece of drapery (مُلَآءَة) spread out.
2 نَشْءٌ The exhalation, or odour, of wine. [See 10.]
3 See نَاشِئٌ.
4 Also, The young ones of camels: pl. [or rather quasi-pl. n.] نَشَأٌ.
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