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استخدمهُ

Root: خدم

Form: 10

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استخدمهُX He asked him to give him a servant; as also .
2 And اِسْتَخْدَمْتُهُ I asked him to serve me; as also : [or I took him as my servant:] or I made him to serve me. Accord. to El-Kutb Er-Ráwendee, one says, اِسْتَخْدَمْتُهُ لِنَفْسِى and لِغَيْرِى [I took him as a servant for myself and for another than myself: or I made him to be a servant to myself and to another than myself].
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