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ابكاهُ

Root: بكى

Form: 4

Full Definition

ابكاهُIV [He made him, or caused him, to weep; or] he did to him what made him to weep; as also استبكاهُ . And عَلَيْهِ, Verbal.Noun تَبْكِيَةٌ, He excited him to weep for him, or it; namely, a person dead, or a thing lost.
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