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بيض
Root entry · 1 derived lemmaمُبَيِّضٌ مبيض A man wearing white clothing. (TA.) ― -b2- Hence, المُبَيِّضَةُ A sect of [ the class called ] the ثَنَوِيَّة, (S, K,) the companions of المُقَنَّع; (S;) so called because they made their clothes white, in contradistinction to the مُسَوِّدَة, the partisans of the dynasty of the 'Abbásees; (S, K, *) for the distinction of these was black: they dwelt in Kasr 'Omeyr. (TA.) [See also الحَرُورِيَّةُ.]
Derived headwords
مُبَيِّضٌ
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