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بَعَضَهُ البَعُوضُ , [aor.
يَبْعَضُ ,] 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
إِذَا 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.)