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الجِيفَةُ

Root: جيف

Form: 1

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الجِيفَةُI , Present.T تَجِيفُ; and جيّفت , Verbal.Noun تَجْيِيفٌ; and , [and تجيّفت , Golius, as from the K, but not found by me in any copy thereof,] and ; The dead body stank, or became stinking.
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