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التَّدَعِّى

Root: دعو

Form: 5

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التَّدَعِّىV [Verbal.Noun of تَدَعَّتْ] signifies The تَطْرِيب [or singing, or quavering or trilling and prolonging of the voice, or prolonging and modulating of the voice,] of a woman wailing for the dead. (TA. [See دَعَا المَيِّتَ, above.])
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