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صدف
Root entry · 1 derived lemmaصَدُوفٌ ذ A woman who turns away her face (Lh, M, Msb) from her husband: (Lh, M:) or a woman who turns her face towards one and then turns away: (S, O, K:) or a woman who desires not kisses: (M:) or having a stinking mouth, (Lh, Ibn-'Abbád, M, O, K,) as an epithet applied to a female, (Lh, M,) or to a male: (Ibn-'Abbád, O, K:) applied in this last sense to a man because he turns away his face whenever any one speaks to him. (TA.) ― -b2- And A she-camel that will not come to the watering-trough until it is left to her unoccupied: like صَرُومٌ. (TA in art. صرم. [See also what next follows.])
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صَدُوفٌ
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