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عرى
Root entry · 1 derived lemmaالمَعْرَى ذ ; and its pl., المَعَارِى: see العُرْيَة. ― -b2- [The pl.] مَعَارٍ [with the article المَعَارِى] signifies also (assumed tropical:) Places that do not give growth to plants, or herbage. (K.) ― -b3- And (assumed tropical:) Beds, or the like; syn. فُرُشٌ, (K, TA,) pl. of فِرَاشٌ. (TA.) And in this sense, (TA,) مَعَارِى occurs for مَعَارٍ, by poetic license. (S, TA.)
Derived headwords
المَعْرَى
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