عسيف
Not in Hans Wehr
This word isn't in Hans Wehr — but it's in Lane's Lexicon
عسيف doesn't appear in Hans Wehr's Modern Standard Arabic dictionary, but Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon has 2 entries for it, distinguished by diacritics. Select one below for the full classical Arabic definition.
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عَسِيفٌ
عَسِيفٌ ذ A hired man; a hireling: (S, Mgh, O, Msb, K:) or a slave who is held in light, or mean, estimation, or in contempt: (O, L, TA:) in the K, المُسْتَعَانُ بِهِ is erroneously put for المُسْتَهَانُ بِهِ, the readin…
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عِسِّيفٌ
عِسِّيفٌ ذ : see عَسُوفٌ, first sentence.…
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