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My question is about the following sentence, found in a 語源辞典 dictionary from
新明解 about the 育む verb.

> 「はぐくむ」は「[羽]{は}[包]{くく}む」であって、羽で包んで **保護するの義** 。

I had never seen constructs where the dictionary form of a verb is directly
followed by の+Noun。. My guess is that の義。 it is just short for と言う義。 If so,
one should see it as 「羽で包んで保護する」の義。 Is that correct, or am I missing
something?
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Dictionary form of verb not nominalized before の+Noun。: 「羽で包んで保護するの義。」
It is a typical pattern for dictionary definitions.

It omits である at the end, so Xの義＝Xの義である＝Means X. Or even more literally Xの義＝The
sense of X. So in this case, _the sense of protecting by wrapping by
feathers_.

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I think Xの意 is more usual.
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