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دس
Root entry · 1 derived lemmaدَسِيسٌ دسيس The concealment of guile or artifice. (S.) -A2- One whom thou hidest, or concealest, (مَنْ تَدُسُّهُ,) in order that he may bring thee news, or information: (M, K:) accord. to some, similar to مُتَحَسِّسٌ; (M;) or مُتَجَسِّسٌ; and called by the vulgar ↓ دَاسُوسٌ: (TA:) or دَسِيسُ قَوْمٍ signifies one whom a people send secretly to bring them news, or information; (A;) the spy of a people, who searches for, and then brings, news, or information; syn. جَاسُوس. (Msb.) ― -b2- And دُسُسٌ [pl. of دَسِيسٌ] Persons hypocritical in their actions, who enter among the reciters of the Kur-án when they are not of them. (IAar, K.)
Derived headwords
دَسِيسٌ
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مَنْ تَدُسُّهُ