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عفر

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

عُفْرَةٌ ذ A dust-colour inclining to whiteness; a whitish dust-colour: (TA:) or whiteness that is not clear: (Mgh, Msb:) or whiteness that is not very clear, (AZ, As,) like the colour of the surface of the earth: (AZ, As, Mgh:) or whiteness with a tinge of redness over it: (A:) the colour of an antelope such as is termed أَعْفَرُ. (K.) ― -b2- See also عِفْرِيَةٌ, in three places.

Derived headwords

عُفْرَةٌ
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