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وحش
Root entry · 1 derived lemma5 توحّش ذ He (a beast) became wild, or shy; syn. أَبَدَ, (S, A, K, &c., in art. أبد,) and تَأَبَّدَ. (A, L, in that art.) And He (a man) became unsocial, unsociable, unfamiliar, or shy; like a wild animal; syn. أَبِدَ, (S, K, ubi supra,) and تَأَبَّدَ: (A, K, ubi supra;) and ↓ استوحش signifies the same; (see this verb below;) or he became, or made himself, as though on a par with the wild animals; expl. by لَحِقَ بَالْوَحْشِ. (TA.) [See exs. of both voce أَنِسَ.] ― -b2- See also 4, in five places. ― -b3- And see 1.
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توحّشverb
- 1.
لَحِقَ بَالْوَحْشِ