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ضغث

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

ضَاغِثٌ ذ One who hides himself in a thicket or the like, and frightens boys by a sound reiterated in his fauces: (S:) the author of the K, following Sgh in the TS and O, and Az in the T, says that this is a mistake, and that the word is correctly written with ب [i. e. ضَاغِبٌ]; but IF and IM and others write it as in the S. (TA.)

Derived headwords

ضَاغِثٌ
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