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دفطس

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

This root appears to describe the act of losing or wasting one's wealth. It is primarily used in a verbal form to denote this specific kind of financial mismanagement.

Derived headwords

دَفَطَسَverb
  1. 1.
    wasted wealthclassical

    To lose or squander one's wealth, to mismanage finances to the point of loss.

Parallel reading

دفطس الرجل: ضيع ماله.
The man wasted his wealth: he lost his money.