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نغض
Root entry · 1 derived lemmaنَغْضٌ ذ One who shakes his head, and trembles in his gait: (K:) an inf. n. used as an epithet. (TA.) ― -b2- A male ostrich that shakes his head: (S:) or نَغْضٌ, as also ↓ نِغْضٌ, is a name of the male ostrich; determinate; (K;) being a name of the species; like أُسَامَةُ: (TA:) so called because, when he hastens his gait, he moves up and down: (Lth:) or a name of the male ostrich that has a habit of going round about: (AHeyth, K:) and ↓ نَغْضَةٌ [is the n. un., signifying] an ostrich. (TA.) ― -b3- See also نَاغِضٌ.
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