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1 بَعَضَهُ البَعُوضُ بعضه البعوض , [aor. بَعَضَ ,] inf. n. بَعْضٌ, The بَعُوض [or gnats, or musquitoes,] bit him; and annoyed, or molested, him. (TA.) And بُعِضُوا They were bitten by the بَعُوض: (A:) or were annoyed, or molested, thereby. (K.) بَعَضَهُ is not used in relation to anything but بَعُوض. (TA.) A poet says, praising a man who passed the night within a كِلَّة [or thin curtain used for protection from gnats, or musquitoes], which is also called أَبُو دِثَارٍ, “ لَنِعْمَ البَيْتُ بَيْتُ أَبِى دِثَارٍ
إِِذَا مَا خَافَ بَعْضُ القَوْمِ بَعْضَا
” [Excellent indeed is the tent, the tent of Aboo-Dithár, when some of the people fear biting, and annoyance, or molestation, from gnats, or musquitoes]: by بعضا meaning عَضًّا. (TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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