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عَكْسٌ

Root: عكس

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عَكْسٌ[ , an Verbal.Noun used as an epithet in which the quality of a subst. predominates; The reverse either in respect of order or of sense, i. e. the converse or the contrary, of a proposition &c. You say, هٰذَا عَكْسُ هٰذَا This is the reverse, &c., of this.]
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