Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

وصّصت

Root: وص

Form: 2

Full Definition

وصّصتII , or وَصْوَصَتْ , She put on, or wore, her نِقَاب [a kind of fare-veil], or her قِنَاع [a kind of head-covering], in such a manner that nothing was seen but her eyes: تَوْصِيصٌ and تَرْصِيصٌ signify the same: the former is of the dial. of Temeem: or both the above verbs signify she contracted her نقاب so that it shewed nothing but her eyes: or وصوصت signifies she put her نقاب near to her eyes.


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