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جر

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

جَرَّارَةٌ جرار جراره جرارة جرة A small, (S, A, K, TA,) yellow, (A, TA,) female (TA) scorpion, (S, A, K, TA,) like a piece of straw, (TA, [thus I render على شكل التبنة, but I think that there must be here some mistranscription, as the words seem to be descriptive of form,]) that drags its tail; (S, K;) for which reason it is thus called; one of the most deadly of scorpions to him whom it stings: (TA:) pl. جَرَّارَاتٌ. (A, TA.)

Derived headwords

جَرَّارَةٌ
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