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حَيْضَةٌ حيض حيضه حيضة A single time, or turn, of menstruation, or of the flow of the menstrual blood: (S, * A, * Mgh, Msb: *) pl. حِيَضٌ; (A, Msb;) like as بِدَرٌ is pl. of بَدْرَةٌ, and ضِيَعٌ of ضَيْعَةٌ, and حِيَدٌ of حَيْدَةٌ, and خِيَمٌ of خَيْمَةٌ; though by rule it should be حَيْضَاتٌ. (Msb.) You say, حَاضَتْ حَيْضَةً وَاحِدَةً [She menstruated one single time of menstruation]: and حَيْضَةً طَوِيلَةً [a long single time thereof]: and ثَلَاثَ حِيَضٍ [three single times thereof]. (A.) ― -b2- As used by the professors of practical law, The accustomed days thereof. (Mgh.) ― -b3- Also (assumed tropical:) A single flow [of water &c.]: pl. حَيْضَاتٌ. (TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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