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دَحَضَتْ

Root: دحض

Form: 1

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دَحَضَتْI , Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun دَحْضٌ and دُحُوضٌ, His foot slipped. And دَحَضَ said of a man, He slipped.
2 دَحَضَتِ الشَّمْسُ, Present.T and inf. ns. as above, The sun declined towards the place of setting, عَنْ كَبِدِ السَّمَآءُ or عن بَطْنِ السمآء [from the meridian]; as though it slipped.
3 دَحَضَتْ حُجَّتُهُ, Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun دُحُوضٌ, or دَحْضٌ, His argument, plea, allegation, or evidence, was, or became, null, or void.

def.2 See also 4, in two places.
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