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وَرْطَهٌ

Root: ورط

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وَرْطَهٌ Slime, or thin mud, [in the CK, الرَّحْلُ is erroneously put for الوَحْلُ,] into which sheep or goats fall, and from which they cannot extricate themselves: this, or, as some say, what here next follows, is the primary signification: a low, or depressed, piece of ground or ...


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