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رءى

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

مُرْأًى ذ , applied to a [camel's] head, Long in the خَطْمٍ [or muzzle ], (As, T, M, K,) in which is تَصْوِيب [i. e. a bending down ], (M, K, [in the CK, erroneously, تَصْوِيتٌ,]) or in which is the like of التَّصْوِيب, like the form of the [ vessel called ] اـِبْرِيق: (As, T:) Nuseyr likens رُؤُوس مُرْأَيَات to قَوَارِير [i. e. flasks, or bottles]: I know not [says ISd] any verb belonging to this word, [though أُرْئِى seems to be its verb,] nor any art. to which it belongs. (M.) See 4, last sentence.

Derived headwords

مُرْأًى
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رُؤُوس مُرْأَيَات