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حرض

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

حُرْضَةٌ حرض حرضه حرضة The person called أَمِينُ مُقَامِرِينَ; (O, K;) [i. e.] the man who turns round about, or shuffles, the arrows [ in the رِبَابَة], or who deals them forth, (الَّذِى يَضْرِبُ بِالقِدَاحِ, S, or يُفِيضُ القِدَاحَ, A,) for the players in the game called المَيْسِر, (S, A,) in order that he may eat of their meat [ without having contributed to pay for the slaughtered camel ]: (A:) like him who is termed بَرَمٌ, (S, A,) always a low, or mean, person, (S,) an object of dispraise: (A:) called thus because of his lowness, or meanness. (L.) ― -b2- Also One who does not purchase flesh-meat, nor eat it unless he find it in the possession of another person. (A Heyth, Az.)

Derived headwords

حُرْضَةٌ
  1. 1.
أَمِينُ مُقَامِرِينَ
الَّذِى يَضْرِبُ بِالقِدَاحِ