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غرس

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

مَغْرِسٌ ذ A place of planting: pl. مَغَارِسُ. (TA.) ― -b2- Hence, metaphorically, (tropical:) A woman, or wife. (Har p. 502.) ― -b3- [Hence also the saying,] اُطْلُبِ الخَيْرَ فِى مَغَارِسِهِ (tropical:) [ Seek thou good in the persons in whom it is naturally implanted ]; as also, فِى مَغَارِزِهِ. (A and TA in art. غرز.)

Derived headwords

مَغْرِسٌ
  1. 1.
الخَيْرَ فِى مَغَارِسِهِ