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1 قَآءَ ذ , aor. يَقِىْءُ, inf. n. قَىْءٌ, (S, Mgh, O, Msb, K, &c.,) He vomited (Mgh, TA) what he had eaten. (Mgh, Msb, TA.) ― -b2- [Hence one says,] قَآءَ نَفْسَهُ [lit. He vomited his soul], meaning (assumed tropical:) he died: like لَفَظَ نَفْسَهُ. (A, TA.) And قَآءَتِ الطَّعْنَةُ الدَّمَ (assumed tropical:) [The wound made with a spear or the like spouted forth the blood]. (A, TA.) And ثَوْبٌ يَقِىْءُ الصِبْغَ (assumed tropical:) A garment that is saturated with the dye. (S, A, O, K.) And تَقِىْءُ الأَرْضُ أَفْلَاذَ كَبِدِهَا [lit. The earth will vomit the pieces of her liver], meaning (tropical:) the earth will cast forth upon her surface her treasures. (TA, from a trad.) And قَآءَتِ الأَرْضُ أُكُلَهَا [lit. the earth vomited her food], meaning (tropical:) the earth disclosed her herbage and her treasures. (TA, from a saying of 'Áïsheh.) And الأَرْضُ تَقِىْءُ النَّدَى (tropical:) [The earth exudes the moisture]. (TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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