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إِسْتَوَطَ

Root: سوط

Form: 8

Full Definition

إِسْتَوَطَVIII 2, which is extr., [for by rule it should be اِسْتَاطَ,] It was, or became, mixed.
2 [Hence,] اِسْتَوَطَ عَلَيْهِ أَمْرُهُ His affair, or case, was, or became, confused, or disordered, to him.
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