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توحّش

Root: وحش

Form: 5

Full Definition

توحّشV He became wild, or shy; syn. أَبَدَ, (S, A, K, &c., in art. أبد,) and تَأَبَّدَ. And He became unsocial, unsociable, unfamiliar, or shy; like a wild animal; syn. أَبِدَ, and تَأَبَّدَ: and استوحش signifies the same; or he became, or made himself, as though on a par with the wild animals; expl. by لَحِقَ بَالْوَحْشِ. [See exs. of both voce أَنِسَ.]
2 See also 4, in five places.
3 And see 1.


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