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قعر

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

مُنْقَعِرٌ ذ Uprooted. So in the Kur, [liv. 20,] كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ مُنْقَعِرٍ As though they were the lower parts of palm-trees uprooted: (TA:) or the meaning is, extirpated, by going into the bottom [or depth ] of the earth, so as to leave no mark nor trace. (El-Basáïr, TA.)

Derived headwords

مُنْقَعِرٌ
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كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ مُنْقَعِرٍ