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استجفاهُ

Root: جفو

Form: 10

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استجفاهُX He esteemed it جَافٍ i. e. thick, coarse, or rough.
2 He demanded, or required, of him that he should do what was displeasing, grievous, vexatious, or evil.

def.2 استجفى He became coarse, rough, rude, unkind, hard, churlish, uncivil, or surly.
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