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عقرب

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

Q. 1 عَقْرَبَ ذ He twisted, wreathed, curled, curved, or bent, a thing. (MA.) -A2- [And, accord. to Freytag, He imitated the scorpion in acting: but for this he names no authority; and I doubt its correctness: see the next paragraph.]

Derived headwords

عَقْرَبَ
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