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ابدأ

Root: بدأ

Form: 4

Full Definition

ابدأIV : see 1, in seven places.
2 Also He did a new thing; a thing unknown before; or a strange, or wonderful, thing.
3 And He voided excrement, or ordure; or broke wind; syn. نَجَا; [as also أَبْدَى;] said of a man.
4 And He put forth his second teeth; said of a child; and of a colt. (TA voce أَحْفَرَ, q. v.)
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