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ضغط
Root entry · 1 derived lemmaضَغْطَةٌ ذ The pressure of the grave; (S, Msb, K;) because it straitens the dead: (Msb:) its straitening. (Mgh.) ― -b2- It is also expl. by En-Nadr [ISh] as signifying مجاهرة [app. a mistake for مُجَاهَدَةٌ, as meaning (assumed tropical:) The exertion of one's utmost power, ability, or endeavour, in contending with another: and in this sense it should perhaps be written ↓ ضُغْطَةٌ]. (TA.) ― -b3- See also ضُغْطَةٌ, in two places.
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ضَغْطَةٌ
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