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استخبث

Root: خبث

Form: 10

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استخبثX [He deemed, or esteemed, خَبِيث, i. e. bad, &c.]. كَانَتِ العَرَبُ تَسْتَخْبِثُ مِثْلَ الحَيَّةِ وَالعَقْرَبِ [The Arabs used to deem impure, unclean, foul, or filthy, such as the serpent and the scorpion].
2 He deemed bad, or corrupt, a word, or a dialectic variant.
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