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وَجَّاسٌ

Root: وجس

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وَجَّاسٌ is syn. with عَالِمٌ [Knowing, &c.]; and therefore made trans. by means of بِ in the saying of Aboo-Dhu-eyb, ذُو مِرَّةٍ بِدِوَارِ الصَّيْدِ وَجَّاسُ [An intelligent person, acquainted with the circumvention of game: see دَاوَرَهُ]: (M, art. دور:) (ISd holds it to be a possessive epithet, since it has no known verb [of a suitable meaning that is unaugmented]: or [the meaning of these words is, a person possessing skill in circumventing game, a listener, or attentive, to their sounds and motions; for], accord. to Es-Sukkaree, رجّاس means يَتَوَجَّسُ.
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