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دَسِيسَةٌ

Root: دس

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دَسِيسَةٌ [app. The coming secretly to a person, bringing him calumnies: in modern Arabic, a secret machination or the like]. (TA, where, after the phrase اندسّ فلان الى فلان يأتيه بالنمائم, it is added, وَهِىَّ الدَّسِيسَةٌ.)
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