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عيف

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

العَيَافُ ذ and الطَّرِيدَةُ are Two games (Sh, O, K) of the boys of the Arabs of the desert: (Sh, O: [see the latter of these words:]) or the former is what is called لُعْبَةُ الغُمَيْصَاآءِ, or, as in some of the copies of the K, الغُمَيْضَاآءِ. (K, TA. [But I do not find elsewhere الغُمَيْصَاآء as the name of a game, nor الغُمَيْضَاآء in any sense.])

Derived headwords

العَيَافُ
  1. 1.
لُعْبَةُ الغُمَيْصَاآءِ