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اسحفر

Root: حفر

Form: 10

Full Definition

اسحفرX He asked, or desired, [another] to dig a well, or pit, and a rivulet, or canal.
2 استحفر النَّهْرُ It was time for the river, or rivulet, or canal, to be dug [or cleared out].
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