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شيص
Root entry · 1 derived lemmaشِيصٌ ذ Dates of which the stones do not become hard; as also ↓ شِيصَاآءٌ; (S, A, K;) which is only the case when the palm-tree has not been fecundated by the flowers, or pollen, of the male tree: (S:) and sometimes, having no stones: (Fr, TA:) or bad dates: (A:) or the worst of dates; (IF, Msb, K;) as also ↓ the latter word: (Msb:) or the worst of dates when full-grown but unripe: (Lth, TA:) called in the dial. of Belhárith Ibn-Kaab, صِيصٌ; and by the people of El-Medeeneh, سُخَّلٌ: (El-Umawee, TA:) and said by some to be a Persian word, arabicized: (TA:) n. un. with ة; (A, Msb, K;) i. e., شِيصَةٌ and شِيصَاآءَةٌ. (A, Msb.)
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شِيصٌ
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