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إِزْتَحَمَ

Root: زحم

Form: 8

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إِزْتَحَمَVIII see 1, in two places; and see also an ex. in a verse cited below, voce زَحْمٌ. One says also, ازدحموا عَلَى كَذَا and عَلَيْهِ [They pushed, pressed, crowded, or thronged, together, upon, or against, such a thing].
2 Hence, by way of metaphor, ازدحم الغُرَمَآءُ [The creditors were, or became, numerous and pressing].
3 See also 6.
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