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رعى

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

3 راعى الحِمَارُ الحُمُرَ ذ The ass pastured with the [other] asses: (S, K:) and in like manner one says of camels with wild animals. (TA.) ― -b2- راعت الأَرْضُ, a reading required by the context in the K, is wrong; the correct phrase being ارعت الأَرْضُ [q. v.]. (TA.) ― -b3- See also 1, in the latter half of the paragraph, in eight places. ― -b4- المُرَاعَاةُ is also syn. with المُنَاظَرَةُ [app. as meaning The looking towards, or facing, a person or thing: a signification nearly like the last referred to in the sentence here immediately preceding]. (TA.) ― -b5- See also 4, in three places. ― -b6- وَرِّعِ اللِّصَّ وَلَا تُرَاعِهِ, in a trad. of 'Omar, means Restrain thou the thief, or make him to refrain, from taking thy goods, but bear not witness against him: so says Lth: or the meaning is, and do not wait for him. (TA.)

Derived headwords

راعى الحِمَارُ الحُمُرَverb
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وَرِّعِ اللِّصَّ وَلَا تُرَاعِهِ