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اسد

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

أَسِدٌ ذ (tropical:) [ Like a lion; ] bold; daring; as also ↓ أَسِيدٌ and ↓ مُتَأَسِّدٌ [and ↓ مُسْتَأْسِدٌ (see 10)]. (Msb.) You say أَسَدٌ أَسِدٌ [ A bold, or fierce, lion ], adding the latter word to give intensiveness of signification. (IAar, M.) ― -b2- [Its fem.] أَسِدَةٌ [app. applied to a bitch] signifies (assumed tropical:) Accustomed, or habituated, [to the chase,] and emboldened; syn. ضَارِيَةٌ. (K, TA, in the CK صارِيَة.) [See also 10.]

Derived headwords

أَسِدٌ
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أَسَدٌ أَسِدٌ