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دَبَغَ

Root: دبغ

Form: 1

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دَبَغَI , or الجِلْدَ, Present.T ـُ and ـَ and دَبْغٌ, Verbal.Noun دَبْغٌ and دِبَاغٌ and دِبَاغَةٌ, or the last is a subst. sometimes used as an Verbal.Noun, He tanned the hide, or skin; i. e., prepared it, or made it fit for use, and softened it, or made it pliable, with قَرَظ [q. v.] and the like. It is said in a trad., دِبَاغُهَا طَهُورُهَا [The tanning thereof is the means of purification thereof].
2 See also دَبُوغٌ.
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