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their cooking-pot, it were better :" whereupon hewent away, and burned it: but he meant, " Wertthou to spend its price for flour to make bread,or for fire-wood with which to cook, it were betterfor thee:" as though he disliked a garment sodyed. (IAth.)_-The surface of the ground:(T, , M, V :) so in the nur ubi supra, (T, ,)acord. to 'Alee (9) and I'Ab. (TA.) -Thehighet part of the earth or ground: so in the samepassages of the ]uraccord. to ]at/deh. (TA.)-Any place from which water pours forth. (M,V.)- A place where the water of a valley collect.(M, V.) - The shining of the dawn: so accord.to some in the ]ur ubi supr: C(T:) and 'Alee is

related to have said that j;J j means anddaybrea rose or rius: (TA:) or it relates to thewelling forth of water from the place of themosque of El-Koofeh: (T:) or )jJI here sig-nifies a well-known spring of water: (Hr, TA:)or a certain mountain near El-Maseeah; (I 'Ab,],TA;) i.e., (TA,) 'Eyn-el-Ward, in El-Jezeereh;(I 'Ab, T, TA;) or 'Eyn-Wardeh. (Bo in xi.42.)

a pv;;: 1se LS3.

, [a pl. of which the sing. is not mentioned,]applied to [deserts such as are termed] Oit2, [pl.

of j;,] meaning Of whicA the estremitia arefarapart; (Ibn-'Abbtd,;;) mide, orrpacious. (Ibn-'Abbid.)

IiS (T, , M, , .)M, and V ? `, (0, 5,)like 3j and kp;, the latter a rel. n. from the

former, (?,) A [desert such a is termed] i;;j :

(T, $, :) or a land such asit termed [i. e.wacant, or ooid, or deert, destitute of vegetabe

produce and of water; or destitute of humanbeings, but sometimes containing a litte herbageor paturage]: (M:) or a wide, or spacious,land, of which the ~etremities arefar apart: (El-Muarrij, :) or a desert (Pi) in ehich is nowater nor any perwn to cheer one by his company,t~ogh it may hame, or produce, herage; (El-Murrij, T;) so says ISh: (TA:) or a far-mtending desert, in which is a collection of herb-age, but such as cannot be depatured becaum of

its remoten : (Aboo-Kheyreh, T:) pl. jSi.(T, M.)

mej3: ee and see an ex. voce j;i.

L .3, (M, ], [in the CV, erroneously, .;,])without teshdeed to the Oj, (M, TA,) Re (a

mel) ate the. (M, V.)

.,3 A hind of trees (9, M, ) having a smal

fruit, (, M,) lihe that of the . [or caor-oplant], (M,) which, bursting, dicoe grains, thatare eaten by tAhe peopb of the desert: (f,M:)as the su declines, it folo it ith the [upper]ide of its leans: (M:) it fruit, with J,.- ,

(,) i.e. .;jl _,- [q. v.], (TA,) and water,drnmA, ep wmorm; and the application of itsle , t inegar, in the manner of a po e,

drams forth warts: ( :) n. un. with;: (l, M,]:) A un says, it is a kind of dust-coloured trees,

of thom termed ;.M, eaten by ottriches andgazelle, and of thos among which gazelles aresnared: its grain, hen the coverings thereofopen, becomes black; and it has a root (3js),

sometim emade into a .jj [for producing fire]:the plac~ where it grows are mostly the sides ofvalleys: IA*r says, the j13 is a tree of tlhe hindcalled Ja;, of large size, in which grow grainslike hemp-sed, uedfor ointment, and as a seaon-ing, or condiment: it dries up at thts beginning ofwinter, and disappears: all this is from Algn:(M:) A'Obeyd says, it is one of the plants of theearth, in vhich, and in the fruit shereof, is ablacknme: it is eaten by the ostrich: the pl. [or

coll. gen. n.] is .;J: (T: the author of whichthen adds,) I say, it is a tree which I have seenin the d~ert: the colour of its leaves inclines toblacknouss, and it has grains lihe hemp-seed, or alittle larger: I have seen the women of the desertbruie its grains, and e~prem from them a blueoil, in which is a viscoity; and they anoint theirhair with it when they comb themelves: AA says,the .* has a grain which is oily and dust-coloured: En-Na4r says, the &*3 is of an illsarour, and the beasts do not like it, or eat muchof it: (T:) [it is erroneously said in the ], voceAL, to be em and]

some say that it is the hemp-plant (. . ).

(sam p. 135.) The sun, when eclipsed, issaid in a trad. to have become black, and like aA.3. (T.) And a poet, who married a woman,and found her to be pretty, but withi hoary hair,and who had a youthful wife at his abode, likens

the hair of the former to the flower of the l ,and black hair to. .A; saying

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-,~ a. . ,t-- 5. .* We tAs CH ;1 j; *[And when I aw the chamomile flowering, andsaw not tennoom, I remembered my abode]. (VIamubi suprl.)

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R. Q.L ';, [inf. n. of s3,] i. q. Ui [Thehavi~ an impotence, or an impediment, or ad.fficulty, or barbarounes, or vitiousnes, in~peech]: ( :) or [the having] a distortion in thetonge, (TA,) lihe what is termed : (, TA:)accord. to Az, a,43 and 'a:b signify the twisting,or distorting, of the tongue in speahking. (TA in

art. .A.)-.And 4 signifies Jt.11 i ;,(1j, TA,) or Jtbt*'t t, (TA,) [app. meaningHe repeated, or used repetitions, in uttering false,or vain, or unprofitable, sayings: but Golius andFreytag render it as meaning he applied himselfto vain things.]

e3, (JK,) or 2 3, (V,) An e .epnion imita-tiNe of the t ., [i.e., of him who has thefaulty utterance termed ,"",] (JK, V, TA, [in

the CV, e4 ,l is put for 14%,,l,]) consiting ina distortion of the tongue. (JK.)e3 ' is alsoA cry by which one chide the camel, (V, TA,)

and which mals him to run away. (TA.)-And A call to a dog. (i.)

,3: see art. G.

3t;J PFale, or vain, sayings or actions oraffairs; or unprofitable ayings. (JK,, .)

d;,u: asee 3.

jt3J [probably, in its primary acceptation, adial. var. of Je3; for the signification here follow-ing is said in the TA to be tropical: _] ~Cloud;or a collection of clouds: (JK, ], TA:) pl.elJ. (JK.)

;A, said by Az to be of the measure J ,fromj. L; originally ;j, like as j is [maid

to be] originally ;.i0j; but the ;. is held byI8d [and J and F and others] to be a radical:(TA:) Low, or dpressed, sand: (T,TA:) oreand that falls apart, and doe not hold together:(A,TA:) orleratedsand: (TA:) orsandhavinga ,a [or part carried and eaten away bytorrents]: (A,,9, r :) pl. 0;a1 and vM3. (9,g.) -Low, or depressed, land, or ground. (].)

The part between the top and bottom of tlAeside of a valley, and of a mountain: (JK, K,*TA:) of the dial of Nejd, and of that of HudieyL(TA.)- High waves of the sea or of a greatrimr. (k.)-Applied to a man, [likelXi, q v.,]t Vain, or having a.fond opinion of himms, (Q,V,) and proud. (i.) [Flor l&S in one copyof the ., and l1l in another and in the L, inthe phrase ^ 4 Qh 1 lil, or 41at,I read 1 Ij..

1..,3, (JK, Msb, I,) aor. ,, (Msb, I,) inf. n.P, (Mqb,) or iL , (JK,) It (fiesh-meat, JK,

Myb, 1], and milk, Msb, and oil, K.) became alteredfor the worse, and stanh: (JK,* Mb, ] :') it(flesh-meat, T) had afoul odour; it tank. (V.)- It (the heat). was, or became, vehement, orintensem, with stiUnes of the wind. (Myb.)...Also,inf. n..., He (a camel) was penetrated by theheat: (JK:) or was mitten by the hot wind, andin consequence became leon, or emaciated. (TA.)-And, (JK,]~,) inf. n. .3, ,(TA,) He (a camel)ate much of the pasture ( , , andit twas not wholesome: (JK:) or disapproved thepasture ( * 1 I), and did notfind it whole-some, (1, TA,) and hit condition became bad.(TA.) - And, said of a man, His impotence, orinability, became apparent, and he becate coOfounded, or pevple/ed, and unable to see his rightcourse. (.)

3: see4.

4. ^31 He (a man, $) went, (,,) or came, (,)to Tlihdmeh: (9, 15 :) Er.Riy6ahee says, I haveheard the Arabs of the desert say thus of himwho has descended from the mountain-roads ofDhat 'Irk: (TA:) or he alighted, or abode,theresin: (Q:) as also ,? ;, (JK, 1, TA, [in

the C[, erroneously, ,U,]) in the latter sense,

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