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فرز

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

فَارِزٌ ذ A tongue distinct [in utterance]: (O, K, TA:) and discriminating language. (A, * O, K, * TA.) -A2- Also A species of ant, round and black, found in dates: so says Ibráheem El-Harbee: (O and TA in art. عقف:) or the progenitor (جَدّ) of the black ants: that of the red is termed عُقْفَان: (K:) but it has been before said by the author of the K, in art. فزر, that فَازِرٌ signifies “ black ants in which is a redness: ” and it may be a mistranscription. (TA.)

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فَارِزٌ
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