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أَنْقَبَ

Root: نقب

Form: 4

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أَنْقَبَIV see 1.
2 انقب His camel's feet became thin; [or were worn thin;] or were worn in holes by walking.

def.2 He became a door-keeper, or chamberlain; Arab. حَاجِب: or he became a نَقِيب.
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