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عَرْصَةٌ ذ The court, or open area, (سَاحَة,) of a house; (T, Msb;) i. e., a spacious vacant part, or portion, thereof, in which is no building; (Msb;) so called because the children play, or sport, &c., (يَعْتَرِصُونَ,) therein: (T, Msb:) or any spacious piece of ground between houses, in which is no building: (S, O, K:) or any distinct piece of ground in which is no building; accord. to EthTha'álibee, in his book entitled “ Fikh el-Loghah: ” (Msb:) or any open space in which is no building: (As, TA:) or the ground of a house, where it is built; and any chamber of a house, in which one sits, not in the upper part: (A:) pl. أَعْرَاصٌ (K) and عِرَاصٌ and عَرَصَاتٌ (S, A, O, Msb, K.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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