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ابتدّاهُ

Root: بد

Form: 8

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ابتدّاهُVIII They two took him on both sides of him, or came to him on both sides of him, with beating.
2 السَّبُعَانِ يَبْتَدَّانِ الرَّجُلَ The two wild beasts come upon both sides of the man.
3 الرَّضِيعَانِ يَبْتَدَّانِ أُمَّهُمَا The two sucklings suck their mother on either side, one from one breast and the other from the other breast. You do not say, يَبْتَدُّهَا ٱبْنُهَا, but يَبْتَدُّهَا ٱبْنَاهَا.
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